Saint Friard

Memorial
1 August
Profile
Hermit on the island of Vindomitte, France. Friend of Saint Secundel. When tormented for his piety, a cloud of wasps attacked his tormenters; when Friard prayed for them, the wasps left.
Born
511 at Bresne, France
Died
577 of natural causes
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Patronage
against spheksophobia
fear of wasps
spheksophobics
Additional Information
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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