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Record Number:
46867
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Mac Shamhráin , Ailbhe,
Contributor(s):
Title:
Íte (M'Íde, Ita, Ida)
Source:
Dictionary of Irish Biography Edited by James McGuire and James Quinn. Cambridge University Press, 2009. Available open access from the Dictionary of Irish Biography, a project of the Royal Irish Academy:
https://www.dib.ie/biography/ite-mide-ita-ida-a4229
Description:
Founder and first abbess of Killeedy (Co. Limerick) and a saint in the Irish tradition. First named as Derithea, or Deirdre, the name Íte (meaning thirst) was selected upon her final vows.
Article Type:
Encyclopedia
Subject
(See Also)
:
Asceticism
Foster-mothering
Hagiography
Ireland
Íte, Saint
Monasticism
Scholars
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
6
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Author's Affiliation:
Editor of the Monasticon Hibernicum (
https://monasticon.celt.dias.ie/
), a searchable database of Irish ecclesiastical sites 5th to 12th centuries.
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2009.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
Not Available