Donna Lethal

Saint Paul (aka Saul) is for fear of snakes as well as the patron of Hospital Public Relations workers, but any Patron Saint of fear of wasps appeals to me more, and that is one Saint Friard:

Saint Friard
Born 511 at Bresne, France/Died 577 of natural causes (I know, no fun)
Memorial 1 August

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. (So many questions! How can a hermit have a friend? Well, the friend was a saint too, so I guess that’s a fine exception. Did Friard pray for the tormenters, or the wasps? And how do you get a cloud of wasps to attack tormenters, anyway?)

Patronage: against spheksophobia (fear of wasps) spheksophobics

I couldn’t find any images of him, so here’s Susan Cabot in The Wasp Woman directed by one of my favorites, Jack Hill (and Roger Corman, who got credit.)

I know I usually post Saints who have died grim deaths, so here’s a handy list of people tormented for their piety.