Canossa

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Holy Roman Emperor castle church–state conflict historic place historical event noble family noblewoman pope village

Canossa is a historic village in northern Italy best known for the 1077 "Walk to Canossa," when Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV sought absolution from Pope Gregory VII at its castle.

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Label Occurrences
Canossa canonical 9

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
castle ⓘ
church–state conflict ⓘ
historic place ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
pope ⓘ
village ⓘ
coordinateLocation 44.583° N, 10.417° E ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
hasCause Investiture Controversy ⓘ
hasCulturalMeaning symbol of penance and submission to papal authority ⓘ
hasEffect absolution of Henry IV ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation site of major medieval political event ⓘ
hasPart Canossa Castle ⓘ
hasParticipant Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Matilda of Tuscany ⓘ
Pope Gregory VII ⓘ
historicalRegion Tuscany ⓘ
surface form: Tuscany (medieval influence)
inPopularCulture expression "going to Canossa" meaning submission or penance ⓘ
knownFor Investiture Controversy ⓘ
Walk to Canossa ⓘ
languageUsed Italian ⓘ
locatedIn northern Italy ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Emilia-Romagna ⓘ
Province of Reggio Emilia ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
location Canossa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Canossa Castle ⓘ
namedAfter House of Canossa ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin (medieval records) ⓘ
partOf Apennine foothills ⓘ
surface form: Apennine foothills region
pointInTime 1077 ⓘ
religionHistoricallyAssociated Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Canossa Castle ⓘ
significantEvent Walk to Canossa ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
surface form: Middle Ages (historical prominence)
title Margravine of Tuscany ⓘ
surface form: Countess of Tuscany

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walk to Canossa → hasLocation → Canossa ⓘ
Pope Gregory VII → associatedWith → Canossa ⓘ
Canossa → location → Canossa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Walk to Canossa
German phrase "Gang nach Canossa" → hasOriginPlace → Canossa ⓘ
subject surface form: Gang nach Canossa
German phrase "Gang nach Canossa" → etymologyComponent → Canossa ⓘ
subject surface form: Gang nach Canossa
German phrase "Gang nach Canossa" → relatedConcept → Canossa ⓘ
subject surface form: Gang nach Canossa
Canossa Column → namedAfter → Canossa ⓘ
Boniface III of Tuscany → placeOfBurial → Canossa ⓘ
Boniface III of Tuscany → powerBase → Canossa ⓘ