Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the Vanities.
4th August 221: The death of Lady Zhen of the Three Kingdoms
4th August 2018
Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the Vanities.
On the 7th April 1498, a group of Franciscan monks met their Dominican rivals in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence to take part in the first trial by fire in 400 years.