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Girolamo Savonarola, OP (UK: / ˌ s æ v ɒ n ə ˈ r oʊ l ə /, US: / ˌ s æ v ə n-, s ə ˌ v ɒ n-/, Italian: [dʒiˈrɔːlamo savonaˈrɔːla]; 21 September 1452 – 23 May 1498) or Jerome Savonarola was an ascetic Dominican friar from Ferrara and a preacher active in Renaissance Florence.
Jun 28, 2024 · Girolamo Savonarola, Italian Christian preacher, reformer, and martyr, renowned for his clash with tyrannical rulers and corrupt clergy. After the overthrow of the Medici in 1494, Savonarola was the sole leader of Florence, setting up a democratic republic.
May 5, 1998 · Having made many powerful enemies, the Dominican friar and puritan fanatic Girolamo Savonarola was executed on 23 May 1498.
Girolamo Savonarola (21 September 1452 – 23 May 1498), was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498. Savonarola is famous for burning books, and for the destruction of what he considered immoral art.
Born at Ferrara, 21 September, 1452; died at Florence, 23 May, 1498. The Dominican reformer came from an old family of Ferrara. Intellectually very talented he devoted himself to his studies, and especially to philosophy and medicine.
Girolamo Savonarola, (born Sept. 21, 1452, Ferrara, duchy of Ferrara—died May 23, 1498, Florence), Italian preacher, religious reformer, and martyr.
Jul 3, 2019 · Preacher and friar Girolamo Savonarola came to practically rule Florence before a fall from power and execution. Learn more in this fascinating biography.
The Dominican* friar Girolamo Savonarola was a leading political and religious figure in Florence in the 1490s. Savonarola, who claimed to possess the gift of prophecy, attacked the wealthy and powerful in his sermons.
Jun 8, 2018 · The Italian religious reformer Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) became dictator of Florence in the 1490s and instituted there, in the middle of the Renaissance, a reign of purity and asceticism. Girolamo Savonarola was born in Ferrara on Sept. 21, 1452.
Oct 28, 2022 · Girolamo Savonarola was one of the most important Italian preachers of the Late Middle Ages. He was a Dominican friar who lived in fifteenth-century Italy, between Ferrara and Firenze, where he died following his death sentence on 23 May 1498.
