Canossa

Canossa stands for:

• Canossa (Emilia-Romagna) , a northern Italian municipality in Emilia-Romagna
• Canossa (Castle) , a ruined castle near the municipality of Canossa in Italy
• Canossa (Massa-Carrara) , part of the Italian municipality Mulazzo in the province of Massa-Carrara ( Tuscany )

derived from:

• Walk to Canossa , King Henry IV's procession in 1076 to Canossa Castle, a request in common parlance

Canossa is a family name for the following people:

• Canossa (noble family) , two margravial families from northern Italy
• Boniface of Canossa (* probably 985, † 1052), nobleman, including Margrave of Canossa
• Luigi di Canossa SJ (1809–1900), Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Magdalena Gabriela von Canossa (1774–1835), Italian nun, founder of the order and saint
• Mathilde von Canossa (also: Matilda or Mathilde von Tuszien; * probably 1046, † 1115), Margravine of Canossa

Canossa is also the title of a song by Tommy Finke

See also:

• Canosa

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.