de Nivelles, Saint Iduberga
592 - 652 (60 years)-
Name de Nivelles, Iduberga [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] Title Saint Birth 592 Kingdom of Austrasia 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14] Gender Female House House of Arnulfings [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14] Life Event Between 650 and 652 [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14] She founded the Abbey of Nivelles. FSID 94RF-G6N [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14] Occupation Benedictine Nun - Saint of Metz [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14] Religion Saints in the Roman Catholic Church [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14] Death 8 May 652 Kloster Nivelles, Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] Burial Aft 8 May 652 Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] Person ID I33892 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Family von Herstal, Pippin I, b. 13 Aug 582, Landen, Brabant Wallon, Belgium d. 27 Feb 640, Landen, Brabant Wallon, Belgium (Age 57 years) Children 1. von Herstal, Begga, b. 2 Jun 613, Landen, Brabant Wallon, Belgium d. 17 Dec 693, Andenne, Namur, Belgium (Age 80 years) [natural]Family ID F13258 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 592 - Kingdom of Austrasia 
Death - 8 May 652 - Kloster Nivelles, Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium 
Burial - Aft 8 May 652 - Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - 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.
She married Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Merovingian Royal Palace.[2] After Pepin's death in 640, Itta and her daughter, Gertrude, withdrew from the capital for a life of religious reflection.[1] 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.[3]
Itta died at the abbey on 8 May 652.[3]
Children
Itta had another daughter by Pepin, Abbess Begga of Andenne, who had married Ansegisel, son of Arnulf of Metz prior to joining the monastery.[1] 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.[3]
Patronage
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.
- 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.
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