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Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola, painting by Fra Bartolomeo; in the Museo di San Marco, Florence.
In the context of Florentine politics during the time of Girolamo Savonarola, the Bigi were a political faction that sought the return of the Medici family to power.1
Following the 1494 overthrow of the Medici and the establishment of a new republican regime, Savonarola became a prominent figure who supported broader popular participation in government. This stance, along with his moral crusades and foreign policy, earned him the enmity of several groups, including the Bigi, who opposed his influence and the new political order.21