Whether it was his antipapal politics or his preaching that caused his undoing, Savonarola was finally excommunicated, arrested, tortured into making a confession, and then hanged and burned.
Entah politik antikepausannya entah pengabarannya yang menyebabkan kejatuhannya, pada akhirnya Savonarola dikucilkan, ditangkap, disiksa agar membuat pengakuan dosa, lalu digantung dan dibakar.