⛪ Saint Ida of Nivelles

🌷 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 / 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲 : 𝟖 𝐌𝐚𝐲

🌿 Also known as
• Ida of Metz • Iduberga; Ita; Itta; Itte

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 inrest of her life there as a nun.

✝️ Born : 592

✝️ Died
8 May 652 in Nivelles, Belgium of Natural Causes

✝️ Patronage
• Against erysipelas; erysipelas patients
• Against toothache; toothache sufferers