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Old 05-23-2008, 12:20 AM
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Girolamo Savonarola (2)

Girolamo Savonarola, Italian Reformer, died 510 years ago on May 23, 1498.
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I remembered reading that when Savonarola was offered an office in the church he responded something to this effect;

"No red dye hat will I wear except that which is stained with the blood of a martry."
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