How did Girolamo Savonarola die with Fra Domenico da Pescia and another follower?

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Girolamo Savonarola Girolamo Savonarola, painting by Fra Bartolomeo; in the Museo di San Marco, Florence.

After being arrested and subjected to an ecclesiastical trial, Girolamo Savonarola was handed over to the secular authorities along with his two companions, Fra Domenico da Pescia and another follower. The three men were executed by being hanged and burned in the Piazza della Signoria on May 23, 1498. Before they were put to death, Savonarola piously received the pope’s absolution and plenary indulgence.12