Canossa is an Italian commune in the Province of Reggio of Emilie in Emilie-Romagna.
The name comes from the castle of the Countess Mathilde of Tuscany.
In 1077, the emperor of the Saint Germanic Roman Empire Henri IV came to kneel there in front of the pope Gregoire VII so that this last raises the Excommunication which struck it. to Voir Penitence of Canossa
The expression " to go in Canossa" is used since to evoke a place or an occasion of tender, penitence or humiliation.
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