English Explanatory Dictionary

Canossa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A comune and castle town in the Province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, famed as the site where the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV did penance in 1077, standing three days bare-headed in the snow, in order to reverse his excommunication by Pope Gregory VII.
noun
  1. An act of humiliating repentance.

Pronunciation

/kəˈnɒsə/

Word forms

Canossa

Derived words

Canossan Canossian go to Canossa
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