Itta of Metz
St. Itta of Metz, O.S.B. | |
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| Born | 592 Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium |
| Feast | 8 May |
| Patronage | Itteville, Île-de-France, France |
Itta of Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of Austrasia. After his death, she founded the Abbey of Nivelles, where she became a Colombanian nun along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles. Both are honored as saints by the Catholic Church.
Life
There is no direct record of her parents, but it has been suggested that she came from a family of
Bishop of Trier, and her sister was the abbess
, Saint Severa.
She married
Abbey of Nivelles. The abbey was originally just a community of nuns, but it later became a double monastery when the nuns were joined by a group of Irish monks who offered them support in the operations of the abbey. She might have appointed her daughter, Gertrude, as its first abbess, while she herself lived there as a simple nun, assisting the young abbess by her advice.[3]
Itta died at the abbey on 8 May 652.[3]
Children
Itta had another daughter by Pepin, Abbess
Carolingian
family.
Her sons were
feast day is celebrated on 8 May.[3]
Patronage
Itta is honoured as the patron saint of the French village of Itteville, which was founded on the site of a farm which she had established.
Family
| Pepin of Landen (c. 580–640) | Itta of Metz (592–652) | Saint Modoald (c. 585 – 645 or 648) | Severa (c. 600 – c. 640) | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grimoald the Elder (616–657) | Gertrude of Nivelles (c. 628–659) | Begga (613–693) | Modesta († c. 660) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepin of Herstal (635–714) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Martel (c. 690–741) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepin the Short (714–768) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlemagne (747–814) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b c Arduino, Fabio. "Sant' Ida", Santi e Beati, February 4, 2005
- ^ Arduino, Fabio (4 February 2005). "Sant' Ida (Ita) Monaca a Nivelles" [Saint Ida (Ita) Nun in Nivelles] (in Italian). Santi e beati. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ a b c Ott, Michael. "St. Gertrude of Nivelles." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 26 December 2015
Sources
- Alban Butler's Lives of the saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.
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