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Girolamo Savonarola

Type Figure Region Italy Time 1452–1498 Also known as Savonarola

An Italian Dominican friar and forerunner of religious reform, born in Ferrara in 1452.…

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  1. 1471–1475Ferrara · FerraraIn his native Ferrara he received a humanist and medical education, studying Aristotle's philosophy and classical works, gradually forming a critical awareness of church corruption and moral decline.
  2. 1475–1480Bologna · BolognaIn 1475 he entered the Dominicans at the Convent of San Domenico in Bologna, receiving theological training and monastic discipline, continuing to study the Bible and scholastic philosophy, laying the foundation for his later preaching career in Florence.

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