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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Example Sentences

There are several African objects from the early 19th, late 18th centuries; there’s a 1980s marble pedestal and a reproduction of a Savonarola chair.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023

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