SAVOIE

(45° 25’ N., 6° 30’ BE), department, France, formed part of old duchy Savoie; mountainous; chief occupation, agriculture; capital, Cham ancient Savo, seaport in the Riviera, Genoa, Italy; cathedral po e es some fine works of art; iron and steel manu98), Ital. friar; 5. Ferrara, of noble family; ascetic in youth, joined the Dominican Order at Bologna, 1474; prior of San Marco, Florence, 1491. S. preached vehemently against the paganism and worldline of the time in Italy, denounced the Medici, the Papal Curia, and Pope Alexander VI. By his influence Florence became a kind of theocratic republic; and the moral life of the citizens was regenerated. S. supported the French king, Charles VIII., whom he looked upon as an avenger of God for the cleansing of the Church. Forbidden to preach, he refused to obey, and was excommunicated for disobedience, May 1497. Challenged by the Francis cans to the ordeal by fire for the proof of error, he was subsequently brought to trial, imprisoned, tortured, and with two other Do mini cans, Fra Domenico and Fra Silvestro, condemned to death ‘on account of the enormous erimes of which they had been convicted. On May 25, 1498, the three were hanged and their bodies burned.