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Girolamo Savonarola

DEFINITIONS OF: Girolamo Savonarola

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n Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498)

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Savonarola
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crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer
a disputant who advocates reform
Black Friar, Blackfriar, Dominican, friar preacher
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
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