Saint Itta de Metz

592 - 652  (60 years)

• Name	Saint Itta de Metz  [1]
  Birth	592	Liege, Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Kinfolk of Note	Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott, Mack Ferrin Smith, Lawrence Hood, and Lawrence Adolph Twomey
  Occupation	Abbess
  Ordained	St. Itta de Metz's memorial is May 8  [2]
  Religion	She founded the Benedictine nunnery at Nivelles
  		†Saint Itta Itta of Metz, O.S.B. (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 Colombanian nun along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles. Both are honored as saints by the Catholic Church.
  Death	652	Belgium   [1]
  	Abbey of Nivelles
  Person ID	I10225	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Governor of Aquitaine de Tongres Arnoldus de Metz,   b. 560, Aquitaine, France d. Abt 611 (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Oda von Swabia,   b. 562   d. 640, Saxony, Germany (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Saxony, Germany   [1]
  Family ID	F3201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Saint Pepin de Landen, I,   b. 580, Liege, Belgium d. 27 Feb 640 (Age 60 years)
  Children	1. Saint Begga de Landen,   b. Abt 613, Liege, Belgium d. 17 Dec 693, Ardennes, Hainaut, Belgium (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 592 - Liege, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  †Saint Itta Itta of Metz, O.S.B. (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 Colombanian nun along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles. Both are honored as saints by the Catholic Church.

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S547] Saints, Saint Ida of Nivelles. Daughter of Bishop Arnoald of Metz. Sister of Saint Modoald of Trier and Saint Severa. Married to Saint Pepin of Landen. Mother of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, Saint Begga of Ardenne, and Grimoald, mayor of the palace. Grandmother of Pepin of Herstal. Friend of Saint Amand of Maastricht. Widowed, she built a Benedictine double monastery at Nivelles, Belgium under the leadership of her daughter, Saint Gertrude; Ida spent the rest of her life there as a nun. http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-ida-of-nivelles/