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- After the overthrow of the Medici family (1494), Savonarola became leader of Florence, setting up a democratic but severely puritanical government, notable for its “bonfire of the vanities,” in which frivolous materials were burned. He also sought to establish a Christian republic as a base for reforming Italy and the church.
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Aug 6, 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.
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On 23 May 1498, Church and civil authorities condemned, hanged, and burned the bodies of the three friars in the main square of Florence. Savonarola's devotees, the Piagnoni, kept his cause of republican freedom and religious reform alive well into the following century.
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.
Girolamo Savonarola, (born Sept. 21, 1452, Ferrara, duchy of Ferrara—died May 23, 1498, Florence), Italian preacher, religious reformer, and martyr. He joined the Dominican order in 1475 and was sent to Florence to lecture at the convent of San Marco, where he became known for his learning and asceticism.
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.
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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.
Nov 29, 2022 · In 1494 Savonarola used his Lenten sermons to predict the descent of the French into Italy, and his Advent sermons to inspire constitutional reforms to fill the political vacuum created by the expulsion of the Medici.
