"It is the saints who change the world for the better, they transform it in a lasting way, injecting in it energies that only love inspired by the Gospel can arouse. The saints are the great benefactors of humanity!" Pope Benedict XVI
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Day 133 -- Saint Ita of Killeedy
Saint Ita of Killeedy was born to Irish nobility, maybe even royalty. She refused to marry and eventually she received her father's blessing to live a celibate life. She founded a convent at Hy Conaill in County Limerick and it attracted large numbers of nuns. She also founded a school for boys in Killeedy and one of her students was Saint Brendan. Saint Ita is only second only to Saint Brigid to Irish devotion. There have been many miracles associated with her. She died around the year 570. She is the patron of County Limerick.
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