Girolamo Savonarola
Forerunners of Reform
Key individuals who proclaimed principles of reform before the Reformation.
Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498), the Florentine preacher who called the Renaissance city to repentance.
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo de Borja), 1492 to 1503: his rise through family influence, the simony and scandals of his pontificate, and his burning of Girolamo Savonarola.
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo de Borja), 1492 to 1503: his rise through family influence, the simony and scandals of his pontificate, and his burning of Girolamo Savonarola.
