Canossa

English Pronunciation en /kəˈnɒsə/ Proper noun 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. Derived terms Canossan Canossian go to Canossa Noun ? en figuratively An act of humiliating repentance. 1 126 No statement was issued on this meeting, but the world deduced that Bethlen had won all along the line, for on the 14th Gömbös read out on the wireless a declaration which was hailed as “a veritable Canossa.” Anagrams en aacnoss Cassano en Places in Italy