Savonarola
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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Negative reality: Santorum may sound like Savonarola, but he comes across as Little Nell.
Santorum’s ‘Positive’ Qualities Will Soon Look Like Dead Weight | Lee Siegel | February 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSavonarola kindled a greater fire in Florence than all the artists whom the Medici ever patronized.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordSavonarola was burnt alive at Florence; now his memory is cherished, and his worth fully known.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanNow, if Lorenzo had kept the people quiet with songs, Savonarola was equally successful with hymns.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonHe was an outspoken man, and reproved the greatest dignitaries with as much boldness as did Savonarola.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John Lord
Carlyle in ten sentences would have made a more graphic picture of Savonarola.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for Savonarola
/ (Italian savonaˈrɔːla) /
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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