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Borowczyk juxtaposes Savonarola's sermon with the Pope enjoying a threesome with his daughter, Lucrezia Borgia, and his son, Cesare Borgia. Savonarola is arrested and publicly burned to death.
Not surprisingly, Savonarola made many powerful enemies. Among them was the Borgia pope, Alexander VI, who had good reason to feel uncomfortable with the Dominican’s denunciation of the laxity and luxury of the Church and its leaders, and who eventually excommunicated the rigorous friar.
May 14, 2021 · Savonarola unsuccessfully tried to bring together a convention of European leaders to remove the decadent Borgia from the papacy. The Florentine crowd turned on Savonarola. He was imprisoned and severely tortured on the rack.
Mar 5, 2019 · Eager to gain more power, the House of Borgia also made enemies of the Sforza and the Dominican friar Savonarola, among others. The House of Borgia was not meant to last. In the early 16 th century, the Borgia family lost power and influence in Italy.
Sep 17, 2024 · Girolamo Savonarola, Italian Christian preacher, reformer, and martyr, renowned for his clash with tyrannical rulers and corrupt clergy. After the overthrow of the Medici in 1494, Savonarola was the sole leader of Florence, setting up a democratic republic.
Cesare Borgia, the head of the papal army and the pope’s son, came to Florence where a forced confession was taken from the friar, followed by his death in the square. Due to the austerity and fanatical nature of his reign, opposition had grown in Florence.
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Cesare Borgia[b] (13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507) was an Italian cardinal and condottiero (mercenary leader), an illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and member of the Spanish- Aragonese House of Borgia. His fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.
