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Wikipedia: Bonfire of the Vanities refers to the burning of objects that are deemed to be occasions of sin. The most famous one took place on 7 February 1497, when supporters of the Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy, on the Mardi Gras festival. Such bonfires were not invented by Savonarola, however.
![[Bernardino of Siena organising the vanities bonfire, Perugia, from the Oratorio di San Bernardino, by Agostino di...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/IMG_0797_Perugia_San_Bernardino_Agostino_di_Duccio_1457_61_Fal_C3_B2_delle_vanit_C3_A0_Foto_G_Dall_27O2_s.jpg "Bernardino of Siena organising the vanities bonfire, Perugia, from the Oratorio di San Bernardino, by Agostino di...")
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