But, when all is said as to his tragedy, personal and political, there remains this magnificent isolated figure, single-minded, austere and self-sacrificing, in an age of indulgence.
For most people "Romola" is the medium through which Savonarola is visualized; but there he is probably made too theatrical.

Yet he must have had something of the theatre in him even to consent to the ordeal by fire.

That he was an intense visionary is beyond doubt, but a very real man too we must believe when we read of the devotion of his monks to his person, and of his success for a while with the shrewd, worldly Great Council.
Savonarola had many staunch friends among the artists.

We have seen Lorenzo di Credi and Fra Bartolommeo under his influence.

After his death Fra Bartolommeo entered S.Marco (his cell was No.