Girolamo biography

Girolamo Savonarola (September 21, 1452 – May 23, 1498), also translated as Jerome Savonarola or Hieronymus Savonarola, was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494, until his execution in 1498.

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, though he remained a devout and pious Roman Catholic his whole life.

Girolamo biography

Biography

Early years

In his youth, he was preoccupied with religion, studying both the Bible and Aristotle. Savonarola initially studied at the University of Ferrara, where he appears to have taken an advanced Arts degree.

His anti-clerical stance was initially manifested in his poem on the destruction of the world entitled De Ruina Mundi, written at the age