• Fantasy portrait of Girolamo Savonarola by Moretto da Brescia, c. 1524. Savonarola was born on 21 September 1452 in Ferrara to Niccolò di Michele and Elena.
  • The citizens of Florence drove out the Medici family and established a republic while Savonarola intervened with the French king who threatened his city.
  • Cover Image: Portrait of a Dominican, presumed to be Girolamo Savonarola, c. 1524. Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.
  • For the next three years Savonarola's influence in Florence grew steadily; by mid-1495 he virtually ruled the city from his pulpit.
  • When Savonarola, a Dominican friar, came to Florence in the 1480's, Lorenzo de Medici, the Magnificent, was in the last years of his life.
  • Supporters of Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of objects such as cosmetics, art, and books in Florence , Italy, on the Mardi Gras festival.
  • • M. Jurdjevic, “Prophets and Politicians: Marsilio Ficino, Savonarola and the Valori Family,” Past and Present Society 183 (2004), 41-77.
  • Girolamo Savonarola. @FraSavonarola. · Jun 13. St Antony of Padua pray for us especially today! 1. Girolamo Savonarola Retweeted.
  • In August, 1490, Savonarola began his sermons in the pulpit of San Marco with the interpretation of the Apocalypse. His success was complete.
  • Savonarola became synonymous of intransigence: notorious was his “Bonfire of Vanities”, in which were destroyed artworks and books.