De Rure Albo
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Jump to navigationJump to search- de rure albo: [Latin) concerning the white farmhouse; of the white countryside
- De Rure albo: "Humbly born in the town of St. Albans Pope Adrian IV had his early education at the Abbey School, St Albans, England. Taken from the Propehcy of the Popes.
- The Prophecy of the Popes: attributed to Saint Malachy, a 12th-century Irish bishop. The document is a list of 112 short phrases in Latin. They purport to describe each of the Roman Catholic popes (along with a few anti-popes), beginning with Pope Celestine II (elected in 1143)
