Piagnoni

The Piagnoni were a group of Christians who followed the

teachings of Girolamo Savonarola.[1][2] The later Piagnoni
remained in the Catholic Church and kept a mixture with the
teachings of Catholic dogma and the teachings of Girolamo
Savonarola.[3] The name Piagnoni (meaning weepers) was
given because they wept for their sins and the sins of the
world.[4]

Beliefs
The Piagnoni believed the message of Savonarola: that clergy
need to stick to their sacramental functions, leave charitable
work for the laity, Savonarola also preached against what he
saw as "lax and corrupt clergy", and called for a theocratic
republic and religious reform.[5] The Piagnoni also opposed
secular items deemed sinful by Girolamo Savonarola such as
cosmetics, secular art and many musical instruments, which
they burned in 1497.[6] Girolamo Savonarola

History
While Savonarola was still alive the Piagnoni supported the campaigns of Savonarola against illicit sex,
gambling and blasphemy. Savonarola also organized bandits that persuaded the people to hand over secular
items to be burned.[7]

The Piagnoni survived underground, even after Medici rule was installed into Florence, however they
gradually abandoned their goals.[8] The Piagnoni are also linked to the presence of reformation ideas in
Florence as some later Piagnoni already in 1520 praised the views of Martin Luther.[9] Many other late
followers of Savonarola were first attracted to Luther's attacks of the pope and clergy, but later had
disagreements with his other theology.[10]

Some Piagnoni converted to Protestantism, while other Piagnoni wrote

against the views of Luther.[11] Petrus Bernandinus was a follower of
Savonarola and had a fanatical zeal to the teachings of Savonarola.

Peter preached in Florence while Savonarola was alive and after he died.
Later Peter and his companions were burned for heresy and others were
expelled from Florence.[12]

Philip Neri was a devoted follower of the teachings of Girolamo Savonarola preaching
Savonarola, later he would be an influential figure in the Counter-
Reformation.[13][14]

References
 1. Tafuri, Manfredo (2006-01-01). Interpreting the Renaissance: Princes, Cities, Architects (http
s://books.google.com/books?id=j6XWlIOVgG4C&dq=Piagnoni+followers&pg=RA1-PA153).
Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11158-3.
2. Strathern, Paul (2011-10-31). Death in Florence: the Medici, Savonarola and the Battle for
the Soul of the Renaissance City (https://books.google.com/books?id=KeJA7tgjfbgC&dq=Pi
agnoni+followers&pg=PT237). Random House. ISBN 978-1-4464-7761-8.
3. Bertoglio, Chiara (2017-03-06). Reforming Music: Music and the Religious Reformations of
the Sixteenth Century (https://books.google.com/books?id=CK42DgAAQBAJ&dq=Piagnoni
+Martin+Luther&pg=PA31). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-052081-1.
4. King, Margaret L. (2003). The Renaissance in Europe (https://books.google.com/books?id=ir
Q5DKF69HwC&dq=Piagnoni+ascetism&pg=PA190). Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 978-
1-85669-374-5.
5. Terpstra, Nicholas (2005). Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance: Orphan Care in
Florence and Bologna (https://books.google.com/books?id=nvXPDwAAQBAJ&dq=Piagnoni
+corrupt+clergy&pg=PA212). JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8184-8.
6. Bartlett, Kenneth (2018-03-01). Florence in the Age of the Medici and Savonarola, 1464–
1498: A Short History with Documents (https://books.google.com/books?id=cBVNDwAAQB
AJ&dq=Piagnoni+secular+art&pg=PA62). Hackett Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62466-683-4.
7. "Italy - Savonarola | Britannica" (https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/Savonarola).
www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
8. Macey, Patrick Paul; Macey, Associate Professor of Musicology Eastman School of Music
Patrick (1998). Bonfire Songs: Savonarola's Musical Legacy (https://books.google.com/book
s?id=BWgsl_XCwkwC&dq=Piagnoni&pg=PA120). Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-
816669-6.
9. Melloni, Alberto (2017-12-20). Martin Luther: A Christian between Reforms and Modernity
(1517-2017) (https://books.google.com/books?id=mZJdDwAAQBAJ&dq=Piagnoni+Martin+L
uther&pg=PT484). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-049823-3.
10. Herzig, Tamar (2008). Savonarola's Women: Visions and Reform in Renaissance Italy (http
s://books.google.com/books?id=aJRzeu8wUPQC&dq=Savonarola+criticism+of+clergy+prot
estant&pg=PA184). University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-32915-4.
11. Moreana (https://books.google.com/books?id=YSzvAAAAMAAJ&q=Piagnoni+protestant).
Association Amici Thomae Mori. 1997.
12. Kirsch, Johann Peter (1911). "Petrus Bernardinus" (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_
Encyclopedia_(1913)/Petrus_Bernardinus). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11.
13. "Imitations of Christ: Ignatius of Loyola, Philip Neri and the influence of the Devotio Moderna
- University of Wales" (https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/1710/1/Danyluk%2C%20Katha
rine%20%282018%29%20MTh%20Imitations%20of%20Christ.pdf) (PDF).
repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/. "Neri's ideas evolved in response to his environment and influential
individuals. In Florence, his family had revered Savonarola with his fiery condemnation of
ecclesiastical abuses, and Neri kept a portrait of the outspoken Dominican on which he had
drawn a halo."
14. "St. Philip Neri" (https://stlucycommunity.com/news/st-philip-neri/). stlucycommunity.com/.

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