Menas of Samnium (Latin: Sanctus Menna Samnii) is a 6th-century hermit venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
The primary source for details of his life is an account written by Pope Gregory the Great and also published in the sixth century.
[3] Pope Gregory the Great gives the following account of Menas's life in his Dialogues, published c. 593: This holy solitary had nothing from which to supply his needs except a few beehives.
Instantly, the barbarian fell to the ground at the saint's feet, violently tormented by the evil spirit.
And these ferocious beasts would grunt and growl as they fled in terror from the blows of the small rod, though ordinarily even swords do not frighten them.