Foster-mother of the saints of Ireland
St Íte
Naomh Íde
Feast day · 15 January
The story
Abbess of Killeedy in County Limerick, called the foster-mother of the saints because so many of them were said to have been taught by her as children — Brendan the Navigator among them. Her name means 'thirst', which her biographers explained as a thirst for divine love.
The name they gave
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