Girolamo Savonarola, Italian friar and preacher (born 1452)

Girolamo Savonarola

De facto ruler of Florence from 1494 to 1498; Dominican friar and reformer

Girolamo Savonarola, OP, also referred to as Jerome Savonarola, was an ascetic Dominican friar from Ferrara and a preacher active in Renaissance Florence. He became known for his prophecies of civic glory, his advocacy of the destruction of secular art and culture, and his calls…