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)
   - Girolamo Savonarola

Type of: Black Friar, Blackfriar, crusader, Dominican, friar preacher, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer

Encyclopedia: Savonarola, Girolamo