Savonarola

Words with a similar base: Girolamo_Savonarola, Savonarola

'Savonarola'

[savonarola.n.01] as in: 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)