Saint Modest
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Saint Modest or in Latin sanctus Modestus, can refer to any of the following saints:
- Saint Modestus, legendary educator of St. Vitus, martyr under Diocletian (circa AD 304) - see also Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia; feast on June 15
- Saint Modestus, deacon, martyr by burning on Sardinia in AD 303; feast on February 12
- Saint Modest, bishop of Trier, †489
- Saint Modestus, presumably Irish, Apostle of Carinthia, dispatched as regionary bishop by the benedictine Abbot-bishop of Salzburg, Virgil; died circa 772; feast on February 5
- Saint Modestus of Jerusalem
- Saints Tiberius and Modestus, martyrs at Agde under Diocletian; especially venerated in the diocese of Montpellier
[edit] Sources
- Dr. J. Van der Schaar, Woordenboek van voornamen (a dictionary of Chrsitian names, in Dutch)
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
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