page_title: Cola di Rienzo
hierarchical_section_title: Cola di Rienzo
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait drawing of Roman patriot Nicola Gabrini Rienzi
context_page_description: Nicola Gabrini, commonly known as Cola di Rienzo or Rienzi, was an Italian medieval politician and popular leader, who styled himself as "tribune of the Roman people". For his demagogic rhetoric, popular appeal and anti-establishment sentiment, some sources considered him an earlier populist and proto-fascist figure.
  Having advocated the abolition of Papal power and the Unification of Italy, Cola re-emerged in the 19th century as a romantic figure among leaders of liberal nationalism and adopted as a precursor of the 19th century Risorgimento.
context_section_description: Nicola Gabrini (1313 – 8 October 1354), commonly known as Cola di Rienzo ([ˈkɔːla di ˈrjɛntso]) or Rienzi, was an Italian medieval politician and popular leader, who styled himself as "tribune of the Roman people". For his demagogic rhetoric, popular appeal and anti-establishment (as nobility) sentiment, some sources considered him an earlier populist and proto-fascist figure.
  Having advocated the abolition of Papal power and the Unification of Italy, Cola re-emerged in the 19th century as a romantic figure among leaders of liberal nationalism and adopted as a precursor of the 19th century Risorgimento.
caption: Drawing appeared on Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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