But decadence set in and Dominican monk and rabble-rousing preacher Girolamo Savonarola (1452 1498) denounced the corruption of a Church and society more devoted to pagan classics than to the Christian gospel.
Girolamo Savonarola accused the Church of following pagan ideals instead of Christian ones.
The Church accused Girolamo Savonarola of being a pagan and excommunicated him.