go to canossa

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von go to canossa im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

To submit to the pope

feel regret and apologize (as did Emperor Henry IV before the pope at Canossa, Italy in 1077); travel to Canossa

Silbentrennung

go to Ca·nos·sa

Etymologie

() * From the repentance of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV to Pope Gregory VII after his excommunication for appointing bishops.