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ST ITISBERGA, VIRGIN - 20 JUNE

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 20th of June   WELCOME! SAINT ITISBERGA, VIRGIN Fleur-de-lis, Cathedral Treasury Aachen Saint Itisberga, also known as Idaberga, Iduberga, Isberga, Isburga, Ysberga, Gisleberga, Isiberga, Sitisberga , was a virgin in the town of Yberghe in Artois named after her. She is buried in Aire ( Aria ) on the Lys (Dep. Pas de Calais). She is said to have been a daughter of King Pepin the Short and his wife  Bertha , and therefore was a sister of  Charlemagne . She is a different person from  Gisela (Gisla, Gisila), Abbess, her sister, with whom she is often confused. According to the Bollandists *, Itisberga died in A.D. 800. In church art, she is depicted with a snake in one hand and a beech tree in the other. According to Migne* (Dict. iconogr. - "Itisberga" and "Isburge") , the snake is sometimes pictured sitting on a bowl  (v. 44). (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  ...