She was the daughter of Čika and the abbess of the Benedictine monastery of St. Maria in Zadar from 1072.
She is also known for the richly illuminated evangelistary, which she commissioned in the scriptorium of the monastery of st.Krševan in 1096.
[1] She was the daughter of Čika, a member of the noble patrician Madi family, known to have founded the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary in Zadar.
[3] When the king Petar Krešimir IV placed the monastery under the royal protection, he referred to Čika as his sister.
[5] At some point post-1095, Vekenega replaced her mother as abbess.