Werdin d'Otrante (13th cent.)

"The Great Monarch and the Great Pope will precede Anti-Christ."

"The nations will be in wars for four years and a great part of the world will be destroyed. All the sects will vanish. The capital of the world will fall. The Pope will go over the

1Whether this phrase which occurs also in prophecy I02a means Englishman (because of the Robert "Bruce") or traitorous rulers is not evident.

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sea carrying the sign of redemption on his forehead, and after the victory of the Pope and the Great Monarch peace will reign on earth."

"The Pope will cross the sea in a year when the Feast of St. George (April 23rd) falls on Good Friday, and St. Mark's feast (April 25th) falls on Easter Sunday, and the feast of St. Anthony (June 13th) falls on Pentecost and the feast of St. John the Baptist (June 24th) falls on Corpus Christi" (all these concurrences will take place in the year 1943, not again until 2038).

"The Great Monarch will come to restore peace and the Pope will share in the victory."