Girolamo Savonarola


 * Carried out the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence
 * Ruled after the exile of the Medici
 * Pope Alexander VI excommunicated him
 * Led from the convent of San Marco
 * Author of "On the Ruin of the Church"
 * Took power after convincing Charles VIII of France to spare Florence
 * Led to the expulsion of Piero the Unfortunate
 * Lost face after a rain storm interrupted a highly anticipated trial-by-fire
 * Dispatched roving bands of violent pre-teens called faniciulli
 * Faced an uprising of the "Ugly Companions"
 * A faction of the "rabid ones" or Arrabiati who opposed him
 * Triggered a political split that pitted the "Whites" against the "Greys"