Savonarola had suffered death as a heretic in 1498, but no reference was made in the judgment to his writings. These came up for consideration in the compilation of Paul’s Index, and were discussed in several sessions of the Inquisition. They were condemned by representatives of the Jesuits, the Augustinians, the Carmelites, and the Franciscans, and were defended by certain Dominicans. It was the desire of Paul to have the whole series condemned, and it is said that as certain passages were read out loud the Pope stamped on the floor and exclaimed, “This is pestilential teaching, it is Martin Luther himself.” It was finally decided to place in the Index the _Dialogo della verita prophetica_ and fifteen of the sermons preached in 1496–98, including that given at the ordeal of fire. The writings of Savonarola came again into discussion at Trent when the commission concluded to permit the reading of expurgated editions. In 1598, under the permission of Clement VIII, an edition of Savonarola’s works was undertaken by Cardinal Bonelli and Philip Neri, but was never completed. As late as 1837, was placed upon the Index (under Pius VIII) an edition of the _Opere inedite_ di Fra Gir. Savonarola, _Libri cinque dell’ Italia_, etc. Clemangis, placed by Paul in Class I, is transferred by Trent to Class II, with the specification that the works can be permitted when expurgated. Geiler of Kaisersberg, placed by Paul in Class I, is left out of the Index of Trent, but is replaced by Sixtus V and Clement VIII in Class I, where his name still remains. The Trent Index, like that of Paul IV, includes in Class I a number of Italian authors whose works seem to be of hardly sufficient importance to give warrant for the distinction. Among the names the grounds for the condemnation of which are more easily to be understood may be noted that of Petrus Paulus Vergerius. The record of Vergerio has been referred to in connection with the Index of 1559. His thorough knowledge of the methods followed by the compilers of the Italian Indexes, his strenuous opposition to the policy of permitting literary production to be controlled by the Inquisition, and his trenchant controversial style, had rendered this convert to Protestantism one of the most dangerous of the opponents of the Church. It is not surprising, therefore that his name should have been singled out for special condemnation. The compilers were also sufficiently painstaking to trace and to include in their lists the titles of certain of Vergerio’s writings which had been printed under a pseudonym or anonymously.