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Birth:           592 
Death:          8 May  652 

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canonized
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itta_of_Metz
Itta of Metz, O.S.B. (also Ida, Itte or Iduberga; 592–8 May 652) was the wife of Pepin 
of Landen, Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of Austrasia. After his death, she 
founded the Abbey of Nivelles, where she became a Benedictine nun along with her 
daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles. Both are honored as saints by the Catholic Church.
Life[edit]

There is no direct record of her parents, but it has been suggested that she came from 
a family of senatorial status which had originated in Aquitaine, and was a daughter of 
Arnoald, Bishop of Metz, son of Ansbertus. Her brother was Saint Modoald, Bishop of 
Trier, and her sister was the abbess, Saint Severa.

After Pepin's death in 640, Itta and her daughter withdrew from the capital for a life of 
religious reflection. Later, around 647, on the advice of Amandus, the Bishop of 
Maastricht, she founded the 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.[1]

Itta died at the abbey on 8 May 652.[1]

Children[edit]

Itta had another daughter by Pepin, Abbess Begga of Andenne, who had married 
Ansegisel, son of Arnulf of Metz prior to joining the monastery. By Begga, she is the 
grandmother of Pepin of Herstal and one of the matriarchs of the great Carolingian 
family. Her sons were Grimoald, later Mayor of the Palace, and father of King 
Childebert the Adopted.

Itta's second son Bavo (or Allowin), became a hermit and was later canonized. Both 
her daughters were also canonized, as was she. Her feast day is celebrated on 8 
May.[1]

Patronage[edit]

Itta is honored as the patron saint of the French village of Itteville, which was founded 
on the site of a farm which she had established.

Parents
____ Arnoldus ()
----- ----- ()

Siblings
____ Itta "Saint" ( 592 - 8 May  652)

Marriage To OF LANDEN Pepin "the Old" ( 585 -  640)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Carloman ()

Children by OF LANDEN Pepin "the Old"  585 -  640
____ Begga (Begue) "Saint" ( 615 - 17 Dec  693)

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