1. Long after his death, Flamel developed a reputation as an alchemist believed to have created and discovered the philosopher's stone and to have thereby achieved immortality.
13 Facts About Nicolas Flamel
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Nicolas Flamel has since appeared as a legendary alchemist in various fictional works.
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In modern historical publications Flamel is often referred to as a copyist of manuscripts and a book seller, but research by M and R Rouse has demonstrated that this is not correct and that the very few historical documents that refer to him in this capacity do so mistakenly or are later forgeries.
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The historical Nicolas Flamel lived in Paris in the 14th and 15th centuries, and his life is well documented thanks to many surviving sources that mention him.
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Nicolas Flamel ran two shops as a scribe and married Perenelle before 1373.
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Nicolas Flamel brought the wealth of two previous husbands to the marriage.
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Nicolas Flamel lived into his 80s, and in 1410 designed his own tombstone, which was carved with the images of Jesus Christ, Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
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Nicolas Flamel was buried in Paris at the end of the nave of the former Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie.
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Legendary accounts of Nicolas Flamel's life are based on 17th-century works, primarily Livre des figures hieroglyphiques.
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Also, Nicolas Flamel is said to have studied some texts in Hebrew.
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Nicolas Flamel claimed that the source of the Flamel legend was P Arnauld de la Chevalerie, publisher of Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures, who wrote the book under the pseudonym Eiranaeus Orandus.
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Nicolas Flamel had achieved legendary status within the circles of alchemy by the mid 17th century, with references in Isaac Newton's journals to "the Caduceus, the Dragons of Flammel".
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Nicolas Flamel appears in the 2018 spinoff film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, where he is portrayed by Brontis Jodorowsky.