Definitions from Wiktionary (Canossa)
▸ 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.
▸ noun: (figuratively) An act of humiliating repentance.
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▸ 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.
▸ noun: (figuratively) An act of humiliating repentance.
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Modena,
Reggio Emilia,
Reggio nell'Emilia,
Ravenna,
parma,
Forlì-Cesena,
Pontenure,
Alfonsine,
Forli,
Ferrara,
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