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Girolamo Savonarola

Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498) was a Dominican friar and moral reformer whose fiery sermons in Florence blended apocalyptic prophecy with a call for civic and spiritual renewal. His principal writings, including The Triumph of the Cross and Compendium of Revelations , argued for a purified Christian faith against what he saw as the pagan humanism of the Renaissance. Though executed for heresy, his advocacy for religious simplicity and his critique of political corruption left a lasting impact on both Reformation thought and the development of theocratic republicanism.

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