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Prophecy of the Popes this document the entourage of the Cardinal Giovanni Girolamo Albani interprets the motto ""De rore coeli"" ("From the dew of the sky") as a reference to their master, on the base of the link between ""alba"" ("dawn") and Albani, and the dew, as a typical morning atmospheric phenomenon. The interpretation of the prophecies for pre-publication popes provided by Wion involves close correspondences between the mottos and the popes' birthplaces, family names, personal arms, and pre-papal titles. For example, the first motto, "Ex castro Tiberis" (from a castle on the Tiber), fits Pope Celestine II's birthplace in Città di Castello, on