Was Savonarola Really Excommunicated?
An Inquiry
James L. O’Neil, O.P.
Edited and revised by Jules Samuels
Paperback & Hardback
194 pages, 5.5 × 8.5 in
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A canonical and historical inquiry into the briefs, letters and censures behind Savonarola’s alleged excommunication by Pope Alexander VI.
Published
August 2026
Pages
194 pages
Size
5.5 × 8.5 in
Paperback
ISBN 978-1-998492-79-4
Hardback
ISBN 978-1-998492-80-0
Placeholder description. A Dominican defence of the friar, out of print for about a century, examining the documents and circumstances of his break with Alexander VI and whether the censure was ever validly incurred.
A companion volume to Jerome Savonarola: A Sketch, published as part of the Savonarola Project.