61 events with tag "prophecy"
852 BC
ID: 2758
Death of Ahab - killed at Ramoth-gilead as Micaiah prophesied, dogs lick blood from chariot
ID: 2758
800 BC
ID: 5904
Apollo's oracle formally established - first Pythia appointed, vapor-induced prophecies begin, becomes Panhellenic sanctuary
ID: 5904
763 BC
ID: 2800
June 15, 763 BC
Solar eclipse - 'darkness at noon' mentioned by Amos, astronomically dated eclipse visible in Israel
ID: 2800
594 BC
ID: 2771
Jeremiah prophesies 70 years of exile - tells Judeans to settle in Babylon and seek its welfare
ID: 2771
560 BC
ID: 5906
Croesus tests all oracles - sends messengers to ask what he's doing on specific day, only Delphi correctly says 'cooking lamb and tortoise in bronze pot'
ID: 5906
547 BC
ID: 5907
Croesus receives fatal prophecy - 'if you attack Persia, a great empire will fall' - attacks and destroys his own empire
ID: 5907
538 BC
ID: 2806
Daniel's prophecy of seventy weeks - predicts coming of Messiah and destruction of city and sanctuary
ID: 2806
520 BC
ID: 2788
Haggai and Zechariah prophesy - urge resumption of Temple building, work resumes under Darius I
ID: 2788
510 BC
ID: 5916
Sibyl of Cumae offers nine books of prophecy to Tarquin - king refuses price, she burns three, offers six for same price, burns three more, he buys last three at original price
ID: 5916
500 BC
ID: 5917
Sibylline Books housed in Temple of Jupiter - consulted only in grave crises by special priests (quindecemviri), guide Rome through disasters
ID: 5917
481 BC
ID: 230
Delphic Oracle prophecies 'wooden walls' will save Athens - Themistocles interprets as navy
ID: 230
440 BC
ID: 5909
Oracle declares Socrates wisest - Chaerephon asks if anyone wiser than Socrates, oracle says no, launches Socrates' philosophical mission
ID: 5909
430 BC
ID: 2809
Malachi prophesies - last Old Testament prophet, announces coming of Elijah before 'great and terrible day,' 400 years of prophetic silence begins
ID: 2809
359 BC
ID: 5910
Philip of Macedon consults oracle - told 'fight with silver spears and you will conquer everything,' begins bribing Greek cities
ID: 5910
336 BC
ID: 5911
Alexander forces prophecy - arrives on inauspicious day, drags Pythia to temple, she cries 'You are invincible, young man!'
ID: 5911
333 BC
ID: 289
Alexander cuts Gordian Knot - fulfills prophecy of Asian conquest, 'nothing is impossible'
ID: 289
205 BC
ID: 5920
Sibylline Books consulted about Hannibal - prophecy says bring Magna Mater from Phrygia, black stone of Cybele brought to Rome
ID: 5920
205 BC
ID: 5962
Rome consults Sibylline Books about Hannibal - prophecy states 'foreign enemy can be defeated if Mother of Mount Ida brought from Pessinus to Rome'
ID: 5962
204 BC
ID: 5953
Magna Mater arrives in Rome - black meteorite of Cybele installed on Palatine, eunuch priests (galli) shock Romans with self-castration
ID: 5953
102 BC
ID: 5932
Syrian prophetess Martha guides Marius - mysterious woman predicts victory over Cimbri, Marius keeps her with army, sacrifices before battle
ID: 5932
12 BC
ID: 5922
Augustus reviews Sibylline prophecies - burns 2000+ spurious prophetic books, keeps only authentic Sibylline verses, transfers to Temple of Apollo
ID: 5922
44
ID: 3004
Great Famine under Claudius - predicted by prophet Agabus, Queen Helena of Adiabene brings relief from Egypt
ID: 3004
67
ID: 3010
Fall of Jotapata - after 47-day siege, Josephus surrenders, predicts Vespasian will be emperor, becomes Roman
ID: 3010
67
ID: 5912
Nero consults after matricide - oracle refuses to speak to mother-killer, finally warns 'Beware the 73rd year' - Galba, age 73, overthrows him
ID: 5912
70
ID: 4126
Destruction of Jerusalem Temple - Titus destroys Second Temple on 9th of Av, fulfilling Christ's prophecy
ID: 4126
125
ID: 5913
Hadrian receives prophecy - asks about his future, told he'll reach greatest power, oracle at height of 2nd century revival
ID: 5913
130
ID: 4869
Aquila the Proselyte's motivations - Convert to Judaism creates translation after Christians use LXX prophecies effectively
ID: 4869
156
ID: 4138
Montanism begins in Phrygia - Montanus claims new prophecy with two prophetesses, extreme asceticism, expects imminent Parousia
ID: 4138
172
ID: 4141
Montanism spreads to Rome - Church authorities alarmed by charismatic movement, new prophecies challenge episcopal authority
ID: 4141
429
ID: 5246
St. Germanus meets 7-year-old Genevieve - recognizes her sanctity, she consecrates herself to God, receives blessed coin
ID: 5246
448
ID: 4183
St. Germanus encounters British dragon - bishop confronts dragon while visiting Britain, prophesies about St. Genevieve (Constantius)
ID: 4183
450
ID: 4172
Dragons fight beneath Dinas Emrys - red dragon (Welsh) battles white dragon (Saxon) in underground lake, Merlin explains prophecy (Historia Brittonum)
ID: 4172
451
ID: 5250
Genevieve saves Paris from Attila - convinces Parisians not to flee, organizes prayer and fasting, Attila mysteriously bypasses Paris
ID: 5250
520
ID: 4170
King Arthur sees dragon in sky - fiery dragon appears as comet, Merlin interprets as prophecy of Arthur's greatness (Geoffrey of Monmouth)
ID: 4170
573
ID: 4813
Death of Narses - legend says his lead coffin carried to Constantinople fulfilled promise to 'return in way that would harm them'
ID: 4813
1066
ID: 2579
April 1066
Halley's Comet appears - visible for weeks, seen as omen of disaster, depicted in Bayeux Tapestry
ID: 2579
1139
ID: 147
St. Malachy's prophecy of the popes surfaces - predicts 112 popes until end times
ID: 147
1147
ID: 189
Second Crusade launched by St. Bernard's preaching - will end in complete disaster
ID: 189
1187
ID: 164
October 2, 1187
Christina rejoices wildly knowing Jerusalem falls to Saladin - says Christ celebrates souls to be saved through reconquest attempts
ID: 164
1200
ID: 162
Christina knows fate of dying souls - writhes in agony for damned, dances with joy for saved; townspeople read deaths' outcomes in her reactions
ID: 162
1213
ID: 163
Christina cries 'I see air filled with swords and blood!' - Battle of Steppes occurs same day with hundreds slain
ID: 163
1217
ID: 168
Christina warns Count Louis at Looz palace: 'One who treats you as friend reaches out hand to betray you' - later confirmed
ID: 168
1221
ID: 3
St. Dominic's deathbed vision prophesying 'Flower and Doctor of the World' (later identified as Aquinas)
ID: 3
1223
ID: 170
Christina reveals almost all humanity corrupt in spilling of seed - God's wrath will fall on Christendom
ID: 170
1252
ID: 3596
St. Thomas Aquinas studies under Albert the Great - Albert's prophecy: 'You call him the dumb ox, but in his teaching he will one day produce such a bellowing that it will be heard throughout the world'
ID: 3596
1373
ID: 126
St. Bridget dies in Rome after establishing Brigittines - leaves 700 revelations about reform
ID: 126
1378
ID: 3587
St. Catherine begins having visions of Church's future trials - 'The Church will be persecuted and apparently destroyed, but will rise more beautiful' - Correctly prophesies coming Great Schism
ID: 3587
1399
ID: 113
St. Vincent Ferrer's apocalyptic preaching converts thousands - claims to be Angel of Apocalypse
ID: 113
1413
ID: 2470
March 20, 1413
Death of Henry IV - dies in Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster, fulfilling prophecy he would die in Jerusalem
ID: 2470
1510
ID: 3524
St. Catherine of Genoa dies - 'Jesus! Jesus!' - Had prophesied exact time of death - Body remains incorrupt
ID: 3524
1548
ID: 3551
St. Ignatius has vision of coming Jesuit martyrs - 'I see God preparing a great harvest, but through much blood' - Spiritual Exercises officially approved
ID: 3551
1567
ID: 3496
St. Pius V declares Aquinas 'Doctor of the Church' - 'Divinely raised up to be a light to the world' - References fulfilled prophecies about great teacher
ID: 3496
1610
ID: 3454
Our Lady of Good Success appears to Mother Mariana (Quito, Ecuador) - Prophecies 20th century crisis: 'The demon will try to persecute the ministers of the Lord in every possible way'
ID: 3454
1694
ID: 3441
Shroud of Turin - Duke Victor Amadeus II commissions new chapel - Blessed Sebastian Valfré has vision while praying before Shroud - Christ speaks: 'This burial cloth that wrapped Me will wrap the world'
ID: 3441
1706
ID: 472
St. Louis de Montfort prophesies apostles of latter times: 'like clouds thundering and flying through the air'
ID: 472
1734
ID: 501
Johann Albrecht Bengel publishes apocalyptic calculations predicting Christ's return for 1836
ID: 501
1751
ID: 543
St. Paul of the Cross in ecstasy warns: 'The devil rages because his time is short'
ID: 543
1769
ID: 574
St. Paul of the Cross vision: Christ warns 'Church will suffer greatly from reason alone'
ID: 574
1789
ID: 637
St. Alphonsus vision: Christ warns 'enemies believe they'll destroy My Church but new flowering will spring'
ID: 637
1842
ID: 832
Engels writes prophetic poem about Marx - black man from Trier, remarkable monster
ID: 832
1996
ID: 3012
Congressman Henry Hyde's prophetic floor speech: 'What kind of people have we become that this procedure is even a matter for debate? Can we not draw the line at torture, and baby torture at that?...Our moment in history is marked by a mortal conflict between a culture of death and a culture of life, and today, here and now, we must choose sides'
ID: 3012