Bonfire of the vanities
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A bonfire of the vanities is a burning of objects condemned by religious authorities as occasions of sin. The phrase itself usually refers to the bonfire of 7 February 1497, when supporters of the Dom
Bernardino of Siena organising a vanities bonfire, Perugia, from the Oratory of San Bernardino, by Agostino di Duccio, built between 1457 and 1461
Girolamo Savonarola
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Girolamo Savonarola, OP, also referred to as Jerome Savonarola, was an Italian ascetic Dominican friar from Ferrara and a preacher active in Renaissance Florence. He became known for his prophecies of
Bonfire of the vanities
…religious authorities as occasions of sin. The phrase itself usually refers to the bonfire of 7 February 1497, when supporters of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola collected and burned thousands of objects such as cosmetics, art, and books in the public square of Florence, Italy, on the occasion of Shrove Tuesday…
Girolamo Savonarola by Fra Bartolomeo, c. 1498, Museo di San Marco, Florence
Posthumous portrait of Savonarola by Moretto da Brescia, c. 1524
Illustration from Compendio di revelatione, 1496, by Savonarola
Italian Renaissance Medal of Savonarola by Fiorentino. Electrotype, obverse.