Savonarola

American  

[sav-uh-nuh-roh-luh, sah-vaw-nah-raw-lah] / ˌsæv ə nəˈroʊ lə, ˌsɑ vɔ nɑˈrɔ lɑ /

noun

1. Girolamo 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.

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Savonarola British  

/ 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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Savonarola

The cast of Renaissance characters is also large and somewhat ungainly, populated with outsize historical players that include Michelangelo, Savonarola, Raphael, Niccolò Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia, various popes, assorted Medicis and many more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024

Savonarola burned books, poems, and paintings by the pile in great bonfires.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2021

While Savonarola was executed in 1493, Botticelli did not go on to produce art at the same pace he had before the 1490s.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

As a woman of overlooked intelligence, Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan has a nice edge as Clarice, and Craig Wallace brings smiling power and composure to Savonarola.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2018

It might have been a straightforward job if the deceased had been anyone else, but he was in fact an incredibly controversial character named Girolamo Savonarola.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall