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
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.
Republic of Florence
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The Republic of Florence, known officially as the Florentine Republic, was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany. The republic originated in 11
Front and back of a Florentine florin
Lorenzo de' Medici
Girolamo Savonarola
Leo X (center) and Cardinal Giulio de' Medici (left)