Remarques sur les souverains Pontifes Romains, qui ont tenu le saint siege, depuis Celestin II. jusqu'a maintenant

Title: Remarques sur les souverains Pontifes Romains, qui ont tenu le saint siege, depuis Celestin II. jusqu'a maintenant

Author: Gorgeu, Michel

Publication: A Abbeville: Par Laurens Maurry le jeune, imprimeur & libraire à Roüen, prés le College des PP. Iesuites, 1659.

Description: Commentary by Michel Gorgeu, a Jesuit monk in the Monastère des Minimes in Rouen, on the Prophecy of the Popes. First edition. Mostly in French, with the prophecy in the original Latin. 2 parts in 1 volume. Engravings throughout by Robert Cordier, including coats of arms on the title pages and heraldic engravings for each prophesied pope. Woodcut initials, headpieces, and tailpieces. Bound in full speckled calf with gilt double-fillet borders on the covers, gilt spine with five raised bands, and speckled text edges. Quarto; vol. 1: [12], 123, [1] pages; vol. 2: 128 pages; vol. 1: [a~]˛ e~˛ i~˛ A-2H˛; vol. 2: [A]˛ B-2I˛; 9 x 6.75 inches. The binding sensitively repaired and some damp-staining of the endpapers and text. Very Good.

The Prophecy of the Popes is a series of 112 Latin phrases, first published in 1595 and attributed to 12th-century archbishop Saint Malachy, that purportedly predicts the Catholic popes from Celestine II to the day of the final judgment. The prophecy is now believed to be a 16th-century concoction, though some believers today claim that Pope Francis is the final pope named in the prophecy. In this work, Gorgeu argues in favor of the veracity of the prophecy.

Full title: Remarques sur les souverains Pontifes Romains, qui ont tenu le saint siege, depuis Celestin II. jusqu'a maintenant, avec leurs armes blasonneés, en taille douce : au sujet de la prophetie, qui se voit sous le nom de S. Malachie archeuesque d'Armach, primat d'Irlande, & légat apostolique en ce royaume-là.