English noun: Girolamo Savonarola | |||
1. | Girolamo Savonarola (person) 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) | ||
Synonyms | Savonarola | ||
Instance hypernym | Black Friar, Blackfriar, crusader, Dominican, friar preacher, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer | ||