Girolamo Savonarola

Life

Born: 21 September 1452

Died: 23 May 1498

Biography

Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar: following the invasion of Florence by Charles VIII of France in 1494, and the overthrow of the ruling Medici family, he set up a republic in the city. He was excommunicated by Pope Alexander VI on May 13, 1497, and executed the following year.

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Settings of text by Girolamo Savonarola

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• Infelix ego (Cipriano de Rore)
• Infelix ego (Orlando di Lasso)
• Infelix ego - Quid igitur faciam? - Ad te igitur (William Byrd)
• O quam dulcis (Jean Richafort)
• Tristitia obsedit me (Claude Le Jeune)
• Tristitia obsedit me (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)

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