Itta

St. Itta of Metz, O.S.B.
Born	592 Metz, Kingdom of Austrasia
Died	8 May 652 Abbey of Nivelles, Kingdom of Austrasia
Venerated in	Catholic Church (Diocese of Liège & Benedictine Order)
Major shrine	Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
Feast	8 May
Patronage	Itteville, Île-de-France, France

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.

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.

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