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.

(idiomatic) To submit to the pope. / (idiomatic) To show humility, to be humbled.

simple past tense of go to Canossa

present participle of go to Canossa

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of go to Canossa

past participle of go to Canossa

Of or relating to Canossa.