Hypothetical account of a vision
St. Malachy of Ireland had in 1139 AD while in Rome visiting Pope
Innocent II, who received the only manuscript of the prophetic Latin lines (as a reassurance as to the future longevity of the
papacy) and who locked it away in
the secret Vatican chambers of Forbidden Knowledge until it was either unearthed or completely fabricated (that supposed based on the lack of mention of the episode anywhere prior to the text's rediscovery even by
St. Barnard, St. Malachy's biographer) in 1590.
With a grain of salt, I here present the prophetic mottoes describing the reigns of Popes-to-come from 1139 AD on in order, in the original Latin, accompanied by a decent (but still abstracted) English translation, and finally naming the Pope or Antipope to whom the prophetic motto is supposed to apply. I withhold the specific dates of the reigns of the Popes, which I find irrelevant to their order on the list, and urge that interpretations of the applicability of individual mottoes be made in nodes named after the prophetic line rather than as appendages to this node. That said, here's the list:
1. Ex castro Tiberis (From the Castle on the Tiber) - Celestine II
2. Inimicus expulsus (The Enemy Driven Out) – Lucius II
3. Ex magnitudine montis (From the Greatness of a Mountain) – Eugenius III
4. Abbas Suburranus (A Suburran Abbot) – Anastasius IV
5. De rure albo (From a White Country Place) – Adrian IV
6. Ex tetro carcere (From a Harsh Prison) – Victor IV, Antipope
7. Via Transtibernia (The Way beyond the Tiber) – Paschal III, Antipope
8. De Pannomia Tuscæ (From the Hungary of Tuscia)– Calistus III, Antipope
9. Ex ansere custodi (From the Custodian Goose) – Alexander III
10. Lux in ostio (A Light in the Gate) – Lucius III
11. Sus in cribro (A Sow in a Sieve) – Urban III
12. Ensis Laurentii (The Sword of Lawrence) – Gregory VIII
13. De schola exiet (He Will Come Out of a School) – Clement III
14. De rure bovensi (From the Cattle Country) – Celestine III
15. Comes signatus (A Signed Count) – Innocent III
16. Canonicus ex Latere (A Canon from the Side) – Honorius III
17. Avis ostiensis (The Bird of Ostia) – Gregory IX
18. Leo Sabinus (The Sabine Lion) – Celestine IV
19. Comes Laurentius (Count Lawrence) – Innocent IV
20. Signum Ostiense (A Sign of Ostia) – Alexander IV
21. Hierusalem Campaniæ (Jerusalem of Champagne) – Urban IV
22. Draco depressus (A Dragon Pressed Down) – Clement IV
23. Anguineus vir (A Snakelike Man) – Gregory X
24. Concionatur Gallus (A French Preacher) – Innocent V
25. Bonus Comes (A Good Count) – Adrian V
26. Piscator Thuscus (A Tuscan Fisherman) – John XXI
27. Rosa composita (A Composed Rose) – Nicholas III
28. Ex telonio Liliacæi Martini (From the Receipt of Custom of Martin of the Lilies) – Martin IV
29. Ex rosa Leonina (From a Leonine Rose) – Honorius IV
30. Picus inter escas (A Woodpecker among the Food) – Nicholas IV
31. Ex eremo celsus (From the Lofty Hermit) – Celestine V
32. Ex undarum benedictione (From a Blessing of the Waves) – Boniface VIII
33. Concionator patareus (A Patarean Preacher) – Benedict XI
34. De fessis Aquitanicis (From the Ditches of Aquitaine) – Clement V
35. De sutore osseo (From a Bony Shoemaker) – John XXII
36. Corvus schismaticus (A Schismatic Raven) – Nicholas V, Antipope
37. Frigidus Abbas (A Cold Abbot) – Benedict XII
38. De rosa Athrebatensi (From the Rose of Arras) – Clement VI
39. De montibus Pammachii (From the Mountains of Pammachius) – Innocent VI
40. Gallus Vicecomes (A French Viscount) – Urban V
41. Novus de virgine forti (A New Man from a Strong Virgin) – Gregory XI
42. De cruce apostolica (From an Apostolic Cross) – Clement VII, Antipope
43. Luna Cosmediana (The Moon of Cosmedin) – Benedict XIII, Antipope
44. Schisma Barchinonium (A Schismatic of Barcelona) – Clement VIII, Antipope
45. De inferno prægnani (The Pregnani from Hell) – Urban VI
46. Cubus de mixtione (The Square of Mixture) – Boniface IX
47. De Meliore Sydere (From a Better Star) – Innocent VII
48. Nauta de Ponte nigro (A Sailor from a Black Bridge) – Gregory XII
49. Flagellum solis (The Scourge of the Sun) – Alexander V, Antipope
50. Cervus Sirenæ (The Stag of the Syrenæ) – John XXIII, Antipope
51. Corona veli auri (The Crown with the Golden Veil) – Martin V
52. Lupa cœlestina (A Celestinian She-wolf)– Eugenius IV
53. Amator crucis (A Lover of the Cross) – Felix V, Antipope
54. De modicitate Lunæ (From the Temperance of the Moon) – Nicholas V
55. Bos pascens (A Bull Browsing) – Callistus III
56. De capra et albergo (From a She-goat and a Tavern) – Pius II
57. De Cervo et Leone (From a Stag and a Lion) – Paul II
58. Piscator Minorita (A Minorite Fisherman) – Sixtus IV
59. Præcursor Siciliæ (A Forerunner from Sicily) – Innocent VIII
60. Bos Albanus in portu (An Alban Bull in the Port) – Alexander VI
61. De parvo homine (From a Little Man) – Pius III
62. Fructus Jovis juvabit (The Fruit of Jupiter Will Help) – Julius II
63. De craticula Politiana (From a Politian Gridiron) – Leo X
64. Leo Florentinus (A Lion of Florence) – Adrian VI
65. Flos pilæ ægri (From the Flower of the Ball) – Clement VII
66. Hyacinthus medicorum (The Hyacinth Physician) – Paul III
67. De corona montana (Of the Mountain Crown) – Julius III
68. Frumentum floccidum (Hairy Grain) – Marcellus II
69. De fide Petri (Of the Faith of Peter) – Paul IV
70. Esculapii pharmacum (The Drug of Aesculapius) – Pius IV
71. Angelus nemorosus (A Woodland Angel) – St. Pius V
72. Medium corpus pilarum (A Half Body of the Balls) – Gregory XIII
73. Axis in medietate signi (An Axis in the Midst of a Sign) – Sixtus V
74. De rore cœli (From the Heavenly Dew) – Urban VII
75. Ex antiquitate Urbis (From the Oldness of a City) – Gregory XIV
76. Pia civitas in bello (A Dutiful State in War) – Innocent IX
77. Crux Romulea (A Roman Cross) – Clement VIII
78. Undosus vir (A Wavy Man) – Leo XI
79. Gens perversa (A Crooked People) – Paul V
80. In tribulatione pacis (In Tribulation of Peace) – Gregory XV
81. Lilium et rosa (The Lily and the Rose) – Urban VIII
82. Jucunditas crucis (The Pleasure of the Cross) – Innocent X
83. Montium custos (Guardian of the Mountains) – Alexander VII
84. Sydus olorum (A Constellation of Swans) – Clement IX
85. De flumine magno (From a Great River) – Clement X
86. Bellua insatiabilis (Insatiable Beast) – Innocent XI
87. Pœnitentia gloriosa (Glorious Penance) – Alexander VIII
88. Rastrum in porta (The Rake at the Door) – Innocent XII
89. Flores circumdati (Flowers Set to Surround) – Clement XI
90. De bona religione (Of Good Religion) – Innocent XIII
91. Miles in bello (A Soldier in War) – Benedict XIII
92. Columna excelsa (A Lofty Pillar) – Clement XII
93. Animal rurale (A Country Beast) – Benedict XIV
94. Rosa Umbriæ (A Rose of Umbria) – Clement XIII
95. Ursus velox (A Swift Bear) – Clement XIV
96. Peregrinus apostolicus (An Apostolic wanderer) – Pius VI
97. Aquila rapax (Rapacious Eagle) – Pius VII
98. Canis et coluber (A Dog and an Adder) – Leo XII
99. Vir religiosus (A Religious Man) – Pius VIII
100. De balneis Etruriæ (From Balnea in Tuscany) – Gregory XVI
101. Crux de cruce (The Cross from a Cross) – Pius IX
102. Lumen in cœlo (A Llight in the Sky) – Leo XIII
103. Ignis ardens (Burning Fire) – Pius X
104. Religio depopulata (Religion Laid Waste)– Benedict XV
105. Fides intrepida (Intrepid Faith) – Pius XI
106. Pastor angelicus (An Angelic Pastor)– Pius XII
107. Pastor et nauta (Shepherd and Sailor) – John XXIII
108. Flos florum (A Flower of Flowers) – Paul VI
109. De medietate lunæ (From the Half Moon) – John Paul I
110. De labore solis (From the Sun’s Labor) – John Paul II
111. De gloria olivæ (From the Glory of the Olive) - ? Note: since occupied by Benedict XVI
112. In persecutione extrema Sacre Romanae Ecclesiae, sedebit Petrus Romanus, qui pascet oues in multis tribulationibus: quibus transactis ciuitas septicollis diruetur, & Iudex tremendus iudicabit populum suum. Finis.
(In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the dreadful Judge will judge his people. The End.)
It should be also noted that though the final prophecy here, number 112, seems to quite plainly foretell the
end of the world, nowhere is it asserted that Pope 112 will immediately follow #111 - this would be inconsistant, yes, but no moreso than the extreme verbosity of the last prophecy relative to all the previous ones.
Update! For further speculation regarding the appropriateness of the new Pope to his prophecied blurb, read up at http://isomeme.livejournal.com/212563.html