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-'''Girolamo Savonarola''' ([[September 21]], [[1452]] – [[May 23]], [[1498]]), also translated as '''Jerome Savonarola''' or '''Hieronymus Savonarola''', was an Italian [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priest and leader of [[Florence]] from 1494 until his [[execution by burning]] in 1498. He was known for religious reformation, [[anti]]-[[Renaissance]] preaching, [[book burning]], and [[destruction|destruction of art]]. He vehemently preached against what he saw as the moral corruption of the clergy, and his main opponent was [[Pope Alexander VI]]. He is sometimes seen as a precursor of [[Martin Luther]] and the [[Protestant Reformation]], though he remained a devout and pious [[Roman Catholic]] his whole life.{{GFDL}}+'''Girolamo Savonarola''' ([[September 21]], [[1452]] – [[May 23]], [[1498]]) was an Italian [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priest and leader of [[Florence]] from 1494 until his [[execution by burning]] in 1498. He is known as a notorious [[book burning|book burner]] and [[destruction|destructor of art]]
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 +He was known for religious reformation, [[anti]]-[[Renaissance]] preaching, [[book burning]], and [[destruction|destruction of art]]. He vehemently preached against what he saw as the moral corruption of the clergy, and his main opponent was [[Pope Alexander VI]]. He is sometimes seen as a precursor of [[Martin Luther]] and the [[Protestant Reformation]], though he remained a devout and pious [[Roman Catholic]] his whole life.{{GFDL}}

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Girolamo Savonarola (September 21, 1452May 23, 1498) was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494 until his execution by burning in 1498. He is known as a notorious book burner and destructor of art

He was known for religious reformation, anti-Renaissance preaching, book burning, and destruction of art. He vehemently preached against what he saw as the moral corruption of the clergy, and his main opponent was Pope Alexander VI. He is sometimes seen as a precursor of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, though he remained a devout and pious Roman Catholic his whole life.



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