Girolamo Savonarola Part 8: Bonfire of the Vanities

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.

Savonarola creates a spectacular demonstration of public virtue in the hopes of turning Florence's fortunes around. Meanwhile, Pope Alexander VI has the monk excommunicated- a decision Savonarola was determined to fight against to his last breath.

 
Willem Conner
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