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ST. INGEXUA 405 first called Bedeoagli and afterwards St. Clara, in honour of one of Imata's disciples. (See Claba (7).) In time it came to be tlie abode of 5000 nnns. The name of Imata was given her by the Indians (Pio Uomini Ulustri). Gn6ne- bault says her converts and ner monas- tery were in Ethiopia. He refers to a Spanish history of the Order of St Dominic in the remote kingdoms of Ethiopia, etc., by Luys de Ureta, O.S.D. of Valencia, 1611. She may be a real person, but if so, her actions are mnch exaggerated, and although she is repre- sented as a saint in some collections of prints, etc., she does not appear in any of the calendars. Imeata, nun in Ethi- opia, is mentioned in the supplement to the Bollandists' AA.SS. Octobris, XIL, p. 312, but without the title of " Saint." St. Imeata, Ihata. B. Imelda Lambertini, May 12, Sept. 16, + 1333, O.S.D. Of the same noble family of which afterwards came Pope Benedict XIV. In 1333, although scarcely eleven years old, she was a novice in the Dominican convent of St. Mary Magdalene, outside the walls of Bologna. She ardently desired to receive Uie Holy Communion, and wept bitterly when her request was refused on the ground of her extreme youth. One day all who were old enough received, and as she grieved to be denied the same privilege, tiie Host came out of the tabernacle (or down from heaven, say others) and stood in the air over her head. The officiating priests were be- yond measure surprised, but discerning in this miracle the Divine will, they brought the paten and gave her the Holy Bread. So great was her joy that she instantly died. She was buried in an honourable place 'in the same church, and her family placed an epitaph over her, which remained there when, two centuries afterwards, the nnns removed into a new convent inside the city and took her bones with them among their sacred and valued possessions. Bene- dict XIV. mentions her in his work on heroic virtue. Leo XII., in 1827, sanctioned her immemorial worship. She appears in the A.B,M. for her order, Sept. 16. AA.SS., May 12. Pio. St. Imma (l), Abi a (4), sister of HOYLDA. St. Imma (2) (Immika, Ibmina, Umbina, Ymma), 8th century. Her grandfather or great-grandfiftther, Oott- bert or Gotzbert, was converted to Christianity by the Irish missionaries, SS. Kilian, Coloman, and Totman, to- wards the end of the 7th century, as is told in their lives. He and his son Hethan or Hettaulf — the last duke of the Eastern Franks and father of Imma — and many other members of the family were murdered in successive risings of their subjects, perhaps in consequence of their trying to force the new religion upon them. Imma lived as a nun with some other pious women near her father's castle, on the hill afterwards called Old Wurtzburg or St. Mary's Mount. When St. Burchard came to Wurtzburg as its first bishop, she gave him her property and her residence, and removed to the quiet monastery of Earelburg, built by St. Gertrude of Neustadt, and there she ended her days. The numerous authori- ties are given in my article Imma, in Smith and Wace's Dictionary of Christian Biography, St. Immina, Imma (2). St. Imoge, Image. St Imogene, Image. St. Impere or Imperia, Sept. 6, matron at Mauprouvoir, near Carroux, in Poitou. Chastelain. Gu6rin. St. Importuna, May 6, M. at Milan under Maximianus. AA.SS. St. Inansia, Emasia. St. Indica, M. in Africa. May 19 (AA,SS.). May 17 (Gu6rin). St. Inella. An Irish nun, supposed to be the same as Derinella, and to have lived in the 6th century. Lanigan from Colgan. St. Ineria. Hieremia (2). St. Inez, Spanish for Agnes. St. Ingardas, Anna (14). St. Ingebiorg, Anna (14). St. Ingeburg, Aug. 26, V. Third daughter of St. Brigid of Sweden. Nun in the convent of Bisaberg. Died young and worked miracles. Yastovius. St. Ingeniana or Ingenua, Feb. 25, M. at Thessalonica. AA^S. St Ingenua (i), May 19, M. in ih^