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Title: Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Villari, Pasquale, 1827-1917 Villari, Linda White Mazini, 1836-1915
Subjects: Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498
Publisher: London : T.F. Unwin New York : C. Scribner's
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
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a was Lenten preacherinBolo-na. The Easter of 1492 fell on the 22nd of April, and this seemsto explain why the Lent was dated 1492 both in the Florentine and thecommon calendar. 1 He was a young man from Liguria, who had come to study law inthe Pisan Universitv. Being tired of the world, he became a monk in1401, and then wearying of the cloister, asked leave to return to it. Butjust then Savonarola came to Pisa, and Codiponte was so deeply movedby his sermons that he not only recurred to his first purpose, butadhered to it most firmly, and became very zealous in the faith anddevoted to Savonarola. One of the most beautiful of the \ nar s lettersis addressed to Codiponte, and dated 22nd May, 1492. This letter wasdiscovered by us in the Riccardi Library (Codex 2053), and is given inDocument x. of the appendix to the Italian edition. For facts concern-ing Codiponte, see the Annali del Monastero di Santa Caterina diPila published in the Archivio Storico Italiano, voi. vi. part 11. p. 615.
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TOMB OF SAN DOMENICO IN BOLOGNA. HIS SERMONS AT BOLOGNA. i5; judicious than his father, wished to be rid of this toopopular preacher, round whom all his enemies werebeginning to rally. He accordingly arranged with thesuperiors of the Order in Rome or Milan°to have theFriar removed from Florence, and wished Fra Mariano tocome back and resume his sermons.1 The brethren of St.Marks were sorely grieved by the prolonged absence oftheir Prior, and Savonarola endeavoured to console themby letter. Your tender affection is ever in my mind,and I often speak of it with Fra Basilio, my very dear sonand your true brother in Christ Jesus. . . . We lead avery solitary life, like unto two turtle-doves, awaiting thespring to return again to the soft climate where we oncedwelt, amid the blossoms and joys of the Holy Spirit. . . .But if your sadness seems too great for ye to deem lifepossible without me, your love is still imperfect, andtherefore God has taken me from ye for some space of . lì o time.

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