Girolamo Savonarola

Girolamo Savonarola (September 21, 1452 –  May 23, 1498), also translated as Jerome Savonarola or Hieronymus Savonarola, was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498. He was known for religious reform, anti-Renaissance preaching, book burning, and destruction of what he considered immoral art. He vehemently preached against what he saw as the moral corruption of the clergy, and his main opponent was Pope Alexander VI. He is sometimes seen as a precursor of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, though he remained a devout and pious Roman Catholic during his whole life.
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Noun
1. Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498)
(synonym) Savonarola
(hypernym) Dominican, Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher

n. (1452 - 1498) Italian Dominican priest and fanatic religous reformer, excommunicated by Pope Julius II in 1498, he was hanged and burned