Girolamo Savonarola

Girolamo Savonarola deserves to be better known and here is the ideal introduction to his life and work. A Roman Catholic monk in Italy, the very heart of Catholicism, he nevertheless understood the meaning of grace. No less a figure than Martin Luther affirmed that Savonarola held to justification by faith alone. This gripping account traces his story through to death at the hands of his persecutors.