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Events on Monday 23 May 1498 1
1452 – 1498Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498)Died 23 May 1498, aged 46Savonarola was a Dominican friar who rose to dominate Florentine politics after the fall of the Medici, preaching against corruption and luxury. Excommunicated by Pope Alexander VI and condemned for heresy and sedition, he was hanged and burned in the Piazza della Signoria.