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1452, Sep 211498, May 23
an Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence. He was known for his prophecies of civic glory, the destruction of secular art and culture, and his calls for Christian renewal. He denounced clerical corruption, despotic rule and the exploitation of the poor. He prophesied the coming of a biblical flood and a new Cyrus from the north who would reform the Church. In September 1494, when Charles VIII of France invaded Italy, and threatened Florence, such prophesies seemed on the verge of fulfilment.
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02/07/1497-Supporters of the anti-luxury Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola light the Bonfire of the Vanities, burning thousands of objects condemned as “occasions of sin” in Florence, Italy.
05/12/1497-Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola
04/07/1498-Crowd storms Girolamo Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy
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...return to religious subjects under the influence of Girolamo Savonarola, the preacher who exercised a huge sway in Florence...
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