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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Canossa.
 
Canossa, in the duchy of Modna, is where (in the winter of 1076–7) Kaiser Heinrich IV went to humble himself before Pope Gregory VII. (Hildebrand).   1
   Has the Czar gone to Canossa? Is he about to eat humble pie?   2
        When, in November, 1887, the Czar went to Berlin to visit the Emperor of Germany, the Standard asked in a leader, “Has the Czar gone to Canossa?”
 


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