Ita was reputedly of royal lineage. She was born at Decies, Waterford, Ireland, refused to be married, and secured her father's permission to live a celibate life. She moved to Killeedy, Limerick, and founded a community of women dedicated to God. She also founded a school for boys, and one of her pupils was St. Brendan. Many extravagant miracles were attributed to her (in one of them she is reputed to have reunited the head and body of a man who had been beheaded; in another she lived entirely on food from heaven) and she is widely venerated in Ireland, second only to Saint Brigid in popular Irish devotion. She is also known as Deirdre and Mida.
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Wanted to comment on St. Ita. My aunt and my mom were born on March 10, 1927. They were originally due on the 17th, so my mom was named Patricia after Saint Patrick. They didn't know they were having twins until my grandmother went into labor. When my aunt was born, they named her Ita.
Nice to see something about her here.
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