Cola di Rienzo, Roman tribune (b. c.1313)
Nicola Gabrini (1313 – 8 October 1354), commonly known as Cola di Rienzo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔːla di ˈrjɛntso]) or Rienzi, an Italian medieval politician and popular leader, styled himself as "tribune of the Roman people". For his demagogic rhetoric, popular appeal and anti-establishment (as nobility) sentiment, some sources consider 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 memory among leaders of liberal nationalism and was adopted as a precursor of the 19th-century Risorgimento.