Bernardino of Siena
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| - | '''Bonfire of the Vanities''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: Falò delle vanità) refers to the [[burning]] of objects that are deemed to be [[Occasion of sin|occasions of sin]]. The most famous one took place on [[7 February]] [[1497]], when supporters of the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priest [[Girolamo Savonarola]] collected and publicly burned thousands of objects in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], on the [[Shrove Tuesday]] festival. | ||
| - | The focus of this destruction was on objects that might tempt one to [[sin#Roman_Catholic_views|sin]], including [[vanity]] items such as [[mirror]]s, [[cosmetics]], fine dresses, and even musical instruments. Other targets included [[immoral book]]s, manuscripts of [[secular song]]s, and pictures. | + | '''Bernardino of Siena''' (sometimes '''Bernardine'''; 8 September 1380 – 20 May 1444) was an Italian priest, [[Franciscan]] missionary, and [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[saint]]. |
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| - | Included were [[lewd]] pictures, [[pagan]] books, [[gaming table]]s, [[cosmetics]], copies of [[Giovanni Boccaccio|Boccaccio's]] ''[[Decameron]]'', works of [[Ovid]], [[Plato]], [[Petrarch]], [[Dante]] and [[Luigi Pulci]]. | + | |
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| - | Such bonfires were not invented by Savonarola, however; they were a common accompaniment to the outdoor sermons of [[Bernardino of Siena|San Bernardino da Siena]] in the first half of the century. | + | |
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| - | ==Cultural references== | + | |
| - | * It is portrayed in some detail in [[George Eliot]]'s novel ''[[Romola]]'' (1863). | + | |
| - | * It is portrayed in [[Irving Stone]]'s novel ''[[The Agony and the Ecstasy (novel)|The Agony and the Ecstasy]]'' (1961). | + | |
| - | * It provided the name of the [[Tom Wolfe]] novel ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' (1987), as well as the [[The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)|subsequent film]] based upon the book. | + | |
| - | * It is portrayed in [[Timothy Findley]]'s novel ''[[Pilgrim (novel)|Pilgrim]]'' (1999). | + | |
| - | * [[Sarah Dunant]]'s novel ''[[The Birth of Venus]]'' (2003), a work of historical fiction, describes Florence in the time of Savonarola, including the Bonfire of the Vanities. | + | |
| - | * It is portrayed in Ian Caldwell's and Dustin Thomason's novel '[[Rule of Four]]' (2004). | + | |
| - | * Experimental artist [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]] has a song entitled "Bonfire of the Vanities". | + | |
| - | * Events in [[Margaret Atwood]]<nowiki>'s</nowiki> works repeatedly make reference to the Bonfire. Similar occurrences appear in her dystopian novels [[The Handmaid's Tale]] (1985) and [[Oryx and Crake]] (2003). | + | |
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| - | == See also == | + | |
| - | *[[Book burning]] | + | |
| - | *[[Censorship]] | + | |
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Bernardino of Siena (sometimes Bernardine; 8 September 1380 – 20 May 1444) was an Italian priest, Franciscan missionary, and Catholic saint.
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