# Bernardino of Siena

> A 15th-century Franciscan whose open-air sermons drew thousands and whose "bonfires of the vanities" — public burnings of dice, cosmetics, and playing cards — made him both a folk hero and a lightning rod across Renaissance Italy.

*Italian Franciscan and saint (1380–1444)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/bernardino-of-siena

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1380-09-08
- **Died:** 1444-05-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Bernardino degli Albizzeschi on 8 September 1380 in the Republic of Siena, he joined the Franciscans and became a missionary preacher whose crowds often numbered in the tens of thousands. His sermons targeted gambling, infanticide, witchcraft, sodomy, Jews, Romani people, and usury, and he organized mass burnings of objects he deemed sinful. A systematizer of scholastic economics, he sought to revive Italian Catholicism during a period of spiritual decline. He died on 20 May 1444 and was canonized by Pope Nicholas V six years later, earning the title "Apostle of Italy" for his campaign to restore the faith.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
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## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_of_Siena)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316295)
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- [Bernardin Sienský](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardin_Siensk%C3%BD)
- [Bernhardin von Siena](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhardin_von_Siena)
- [Bernardino de Siena](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_de_Siena)
- [Bernardino de Siena](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_de_Siena)
- [Bernardino Sienalainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_Sienalainen)
- [Bernardin de Sienne](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardin_de_Sienne)
- [ברנרדינו מסיינה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94)
- [Bernardin Sijenski](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardin_Sijenski)
- [Sienai Szent Bernardin](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sienai_Szent_Bernardin)
- [Bernardino dari Siena](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_dari_Siena)
- [Bernardino da Siena](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_da_Siena)
- [Bernardinus Senensis](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardinus_Senensis)
- [Bernardinas Sienietis](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardinas_Sienietis)
- [സിയന്നായിലെ ബെർണാർദിൻ](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB)
- [Bernardinus van Siena](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardinus_van_Siena)
- [Bernardinus av Siena](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardinus_av_Siena)
- [Saint Bênardin de Sienne](https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_B%C3%AAnardin_de_Sienne)
- [Bernardyn ze Sieny](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardyn_ze_Sieny)
- [Bernardino de Siena](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_de_Siena)
- [Bernardin de Siena](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardin_de_Siena)
- [Бернардин Сиенский](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bernardino_of_Siena)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bernardino_da_Siena)
- [Wikiquote](https://sk.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bernard%C3%ADn_zo_Sieny)
- [Wikiquote](https://sl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bernardin_Sienski)
- [برناردينو من سيينا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7)

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