- Itta
Saint Itta or Itta of Metz (also "Ida", "Itte" or "Iduberga") (592-652), was the wife of
Pepin of Landen ,mayor of the palace ofAustrasia . Her brother wasSaint Modoald ,bishop of Trier . Her sister was abbess Saint Severa. Their parents wereArnoald ,Bishop of Metz , son ofAnsbertus .On the advice of the missionary bishop
Saint Amand ,bishop of Maastricht , after Pippin's death, she founded theBenedictine nunnery atNivelles , with a monastery under the abbess. She herself entered it and installed asabbess her daughter Gertrude, perhaps after resigning the post herself.She had by Pepin another daughter, Abbess Begga of Andenne who married
Ansegisel , son ofArnulf of Metz . By Begga, she is the grandmother ofPepin of Herstal and one of the matriarchs of the greatCarolingian family. Her only son was Grimoald, later mayor of the palace, and father of KingChildebert the Adopted .Both her daughters were later canonised, as was she. Her feast day is May 8.
ources and references
* Alban Butler's "Lives of the saints", edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.
* "The Royal Ancestry Bible Royal Ancestors of 300 Colonial American Families" by Michel L. Call (chart 2053) ISBN 1-933194-22-7
* "Les ancêtres de Charlemagne", 1989,Christian Settipani External links
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