Girolamo Savonarola Quotes


Do you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common weal; then you will have true liberty.


Context

Savonarola was cruel dictator who opposed to any kind of a Parliament or assembly or any other kind of civil freedom. However, he saw freedom of the spirit in his view of God, Christ and love of others. He burned hundreds of “heretics” at the stake which was an example of a very perverse sort of love.


Citations

Girolamo Savonarola, 1452–1498, Italian Dominican priest and ruler of Florence from 1494-1498

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Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola
  • Born: September 21, 1452
  • Died: May 23, 1498
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Profession: Clergyman

Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar from Ferrara and preacher active in Renaissance Florence. He was known for his prophecies of civic glory, the destruction of secular art and culture, and his calls for Christian renewal. He denounced clerical corruption, despotic rule, and the exploitation of the poor. He prophesied the coming of a biblical flood and a new Cyrus from the north who would reform the Church.