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Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola (born September 21, 1452, Ferrara, Italy—died May 23, 1498, Florence) was a Dominican friar, preacher, and religious reformer of Renaissance Florence. Born to a prosperous merchant family, Savonarola early became disillusioned with the corruption of society and the Church, prompting him to join the Dominican Order in 1475. Excelling in theology and scriptural studies, he soon gained a reputation a
PeopleSavonarola
Girolamo Savonarola insists that political power must answer to justice, law, and the common good rather than luxury, corruption, or elite privilege. By challenging both princely and clerical authority in the name of conscience, he dramatizes a hard truth for free societies: reform born of moral conviction can defend liberty—but only when it resists becoming coercive itself.
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The Triumph of the Cross
Girolamo Savonarola · 1868 (Hill trans.) · Translated by O'Dell Travers Hill. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1868.
Books & WorksThe Triumph of the Cross
Girolamo Savonarola · 1901 (Procter ed.) · Edited with introduction by Rev. Father John Procter. London: Sands & Co., 1901.