Gregory the Great — Dialogues 1.26 (Mena)
Recently in the province of Samnium a certain venerable man named Mena lived a solitary life… He possessed almost nothing for his use except a few beehives. When a certain Lombard wanted to plunder them, he was first corrected by that man’s word, and at once was tormented by an evil spirit before his feet. From this it came about that, as among all the inhabitants, so also among that barbarian people, his name was held famous.
Latin
Nuper in Samnii provincia quidam venerabilis vir, Menas nomine, solitariam vitam ducebat… Hic itaque nihil ad usum suum aliud, nisi pauca apum vascula possidebat. Huic cum Langobardus quidam… prius ab eodem viro verbo correptus est, et mox per malignum spiritum ante ejus vestigia vexatus. Qua ex re factum est ut sicut apud omnes incolas, ita etiam apud eamdem barbaram gentem ejus celebre nomen haberetur.