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How was Girolamo Savonarola treated after he was arrested in Florence?

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Portrait painting by Fra Bartolomeo of Girolamo Savonarola in profile, wearing a dark hooded robe, set against a black background with a Latin inscription below.
Girolamo Savonarola Girolamo Savonarola, painting by Fra Bartolomeo; in the Museo di San Marco, Florence.

After being arrested in Florence, Girolamo Savonarola was treated as a common criminal. He was subjected to examination by a commission composed of his enemies and endured torture.12

Because the evidence against him was insufficient, his captors found it necessary to falsify the records of his inquiry to justify charges of heresy. Following a perfunctory ecclesiastical trial conducted by papal commissioners who had arrived with a predetermined verdict, he was handed over to the secular authorities. On May 23, 1498, Savonarola and two of his followers were hanged and burned in the Piazza della Signoria. Before his execution, he received the pope’s absolution and plenary indulgence.12