Nostradamus Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Marriage and healing work === [[File:Nostradamuss house at Salon-de-Provence.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Nostradamus's house at [[Salon-de-Provence]], as reconstructed after the [[1909 Provence earthquake]]]] In 1531 Nostradamus was invited by [[Julius Caesar Scaliger|Jules-César Scaliger]], a leading [[Polymath|Renaissance scholar]], to come to [[Agen]].{{sfn|Leroy|1993|pp=60–91}} There he married a woman of uncertain name (possibly Henriette d'Encausse), with whom he had two children.{{sfn|Leroy|1993|p=61}} In 1534 his wife and children died, presumably from the plague. After their deaths, he continued to travel, passing through France and possibly Italy.{{sfn|Leroy|1993|pp=62–71}} On his return in 1545, he assisted the prominent physician [[Louis Serre (physician)|Louis Serre]] in his fight against a major plague outbreak in [[Marseille]], and then tackled further outbreaks of disease on his own in Salon-de-Provence and in the regional capital, [[Aix-en-Provence]]. Finally, in 1547, he settled in [[Salon-de-Provence]] in the house which exists today, where he married a rich widow named Anne Ponsarde, with whom he had six children—three daughters and three sons.{{sfn|Leroy|1993|pp=110–133}} Between 1556 and 1567 he and his wife acquired a one-thirteenth share in a huge canal project, organised by [[Adam de Craponne]], to create the [[Canal de Craponne]] to irrigate the largely waterless Salon-de-Provence and the nearby Désert de la [[Crau]] from the river [[Durance]].{{sfn|Brind'Amour|1993|pp=130, 132, 369}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page