Girolamo Savonarola Part 1: A Prophet Before His Time

Girolamo Savonarola
Written By Willem Conner

Cover Image: Portrait of a Dominican, presumed to be Savonarola. Painting by Moretto da Brescia, 1524.

Closing Theme: "Dies Irae" performed by the Monastic Choir of the Grimbergen Abbey.

Against the wishes of his parents, a young man from Ferrara named Girolamo Savonarola leaves his home to join the Order of the Dominicans. Thanks to the influence of his austere grandfather, Savonarola begins to grow disillusioned with the Catholic Church and its worldly ways.

 
 
Willem Conner
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