CÉSAR OF ARLES (470–542). “Prophecy of St. César, Bishop of - Lot 263

CÉSAR OF ARLES (470–542). “Prophecy of St. César, Bishop of ARLES (Bouches-du-Rhône), in the 6th century, excerpt from the book titled ‘LIBER MIRABILIS ” (Mirabilis Liber: Wonderful Book or Book of Wonders), page 55 and following.” Late 18th-century manuscript, 3 pages, in-4°: “Before the end of the 18th century, the plundering of the noblest and most famous city will plunge the universal Church and the entire world into mourning. The Crown and the Church of France will be painfully and lamentably persecuted throughout the land. The Church will be stripped of all its temporal possessions… Then all the churches will be desecrated and defiled; holy women will abandon their monasteries and flee in all directions… men will resort to violence against the universal Church; She will have no defender for 25 months or more, because during that time there will be neither a Pope nor an Emperor in Rome, nor a ruler of France…’