Savonarola

[ sav-uh-nuh-roh-luh; Italian sah-vaw-nah-raw-lah ]

noun
  1. Gi·ro·la·mo [ji-rol-uh-moh; Italian jee-raw-lah-maw], /dʒɪˈrɒl əˌmoʊ; Italian dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/, 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.

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Savonarola

/ (Italian savonaˈrɔːla) /


noun
  1. Girolamo (dʒiˈrɔːlamo). 1452–98, Italian religious and political reformer. As a Dominican prior in Florence he preached against contemporary sinfulness and moral corruption. When the Medici were expelled from the city (1494) he instituted a severely puritanical republic but lost the citizens' support after being excommunicated (1497). He was hanged and burned as a heretic

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