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Girolamo Savonarola, OP ( UK: / ˌsævɒnəˈroʊlə /, US: / ˌsævən -, səˌvɒn -/, [4] [5] [6] Italian: [dʒiˈrɔːlamo savonaˈrɔːla]; 21 September 1452 – 23 May 1498) or Jerome Savonarola [7] was an ascetic [8] Dominican friar from Ferrara and a preacher active in Renaissance Florence.
May 19, 2024 · Girolamo Savonarola (born September 21, 1452, Ferrara, duchy of Ferrara [Italy]—died May 23, 1498, Florence) was an Italian Christian preacher, reformer, and martyr, renowned for his clash with tyrannical rulers and corrupt clergy.
May 14, 2021 · Updated May 14, 2021. Who was Girolamo Savonarola? Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence. He was known for his prophecies of civic glory, the destruction of secular art and culture, and his calls for Christian renewal.
Conservative clergy members criticized his involvement in politics and disputed his claim to prophecy. Secular* political opponents blocked several of his measures, such as regulating women's dress. Gangs of young nobles disrupted his sermons and processions.
Oct 5, 2021 · Girolamo Savonarola, (1452- 1498), was an Italian preacher and theologian, who sought to reform the church and society in Florence and Italy. He became renowned throughout Italy after his attacks on the immoral and the corrupt clergy and his criticism of the ruling elite in Florence.
Oct 3, 2013 · Girolamo Savonarola. October 3, 2013 Inferno's Personalities. The Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was born in Ferrara in 1452. He began to preach against the corruption of morals and of the clergy in 1482 in the convent of San Marco in Florence. His aggresive and passionate style granted him a large following.
Girolamo Savonarola was born in I452, thirty-seven years after the burning of his great precursor, the Bohemian reformer and martyr, Huss. The career of the great Itali9-n martyr bore in some respects a strong resemblance to that of his Bohemian forerunner. The most striking difference, however, was that the triumphs of Savonarola were greatest ...
