A House Possessed Author:Sax Rohmer Nosta was a Jewish astrologer and magician,' explained the monk, 'and according to his own account, as you see, a pupil of the notorious Michel de Notredame, or Nostradamus. He lived here under the patronage of the Earl until 1601, when Essex was executed. Legend says that he.was not the pupil of Nostradamus, but his master the devil, and that h... more »e brought about the fall of his patron. What became of Nosta of Padua nobody knows.« less