Editing Ittre (section)

==Religion==
The foundation of the church of Ittre occurred around 640, and is principally known as the centre of the veneration of [[Our Lady of Ittre]], which began in 1336, when a terrible [[Plague (disease)|plague]] was raging in the Low Countries.  The statue of the Virgin, from the monastery at [[Bois-Seigneur-Isaac]], was carried in procession from village to village and on her arrival in Ittre, the plague stopped. The inhabitants refused to return it to Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, and the Virgin remained in Ittre, despite subsequent litigation, in which the ecclesiastical courts always supported the church of Ittre.  An annual procession was established in 1384 and has been held every year without interruption since then on August 15.  Our Lady of Ittre was especially invoked against [[hernia]]s or ruptures.

[[Saint Lutgarde]] has also been venerated in Ittre since the nuns of [[Aywiers Abbey]], forced out by the [[French Revolution]], found refuge in the Château de Fauquez in either 1796 or 1804. They brought with them the relics of Saint Lutgarde, which they gave permanently to the church of Ittre in 1819.