“In the primitive Church, the chalices were of wood and the prelates of gold; in these days the Church has chalices of gold and prelates of wood.”

— Girolamo Savonarola

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About Girolamo Savonarola

Friar • Italian

Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar and influential preacher active in Renaissance Florence. He was renowned for his prophecies of civic glory, his calls for Christian renewal, and his denunciation of...

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