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Condemnation and Execution
- When
- 23 May 1498
- Where
- Piazza della Signoria
Savonarola and two followers were condemned as heretics and executed in Florence's main square on 23 May 1498.
On the morning of 23 May 1498, Savonarola and two other friars were led to the Piazza della Signoria. A tribunal of high clerics and government officials condemned them as heretics and schismatics. They were hanged, and their bodies were burned at the stake.
Sources
- Girolamo Savonarola Wikipedia
- Florence Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
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