Savonarola,
Girolamo 1452-98; It. monk: religious & political reformer: burned at the stake for heresy
See Savonarola in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(săvˌə-nə-rōˈlə, säˌvō-nä-), Girolamo 1452-1498.
Italian reformer. A Dominican friar, he gained a vast popular following and drove the Medici family out of Florence in 1494. He was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing Pope Alexander VI.