Compagnacci was a group or political faction numbering one hundred fifty men in Florence, Italy.
They were opposed to Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican friar who came to dominate Florentine religious life and politics in the 1490s.
He was assisted in his opposition to Savonarola by two Medici brothers of the cadet branch, one of whom married a Sforza princess.
The Compagnacci were dedicated pleasure seekers who dressed finely and partied with music as an accompaniment.
[1] An opera, I Compagnacci was written by Italian composer Primo Riccitelli in the early twentieth century and performed in Rome.