Rienzi

(rē en)

Rienzi, Cola di 1313?-54; Rom. patriot & political reformer
also Rienzo

See Rienzi in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Italian revolutionary leader who installed himself as dictator of Rome (1347) but was quickly ousted at the bidding of the pope. In his second attempt to rule (1354), he was killed by a mob.
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