# Girolamo Savonarola — The Prince character guide

> Girolamo Savonarola in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the fervent and austere Savonarola, Savonarola, Fra Girolamo Savonarola

**First appearance:** 0007-i-how-many-kinds-of-principalities-there-are-and-by-what-means-they-are-acquired

## Who they are

Dominican friar who ruled Florence through prophecy and was executed.

## In the story

### [Youth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/youth)

Mentioned as a fervent and austere influence on Florence, though his impact on Machiavelli was slight.

### [VI: Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired by One’s Own Arms and Ability](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/vi-concerning-new-principalities-which-are-acquired-by-one-s-own-arms-and-ability)

Counterexample of an unarmed prophet who was destroyed when the multitude ceased to believe.

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