savonarola

noun

1. Gi·ro·la·mo [ji-rol–uh-moh; Italian jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒɪˈrɒl əˌmoʊ; Italian dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/, 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.

noun

1. Girolamo (dʒiˈrɔːlamo). 1452–98, Italian religious and political reformer. As a Dominican prior in Florence he preached against contemporary sinfulness and moral corruption. When the Medici were expelled from the city (1494) he instituted a severely puritanical republic but lost the citizens’ support after being excommunicated (1497). He was hanged and burned as a heretic

Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498), Dominican monk famous for his fierce opposition to moral license and Church corruption.