Saint Modest
Appearance
Saint Modest may refer to:
- See Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia for Saint Modestus, legendary educator of St. Vitus, martyr under Diocletian (circa AD 304); 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 (Apostle of Carinthia), presumably Irish, dispatched by Vergilius of Salzburg, as a missionary to the Slavs of Carantania; died circa 770; feast on February 5
- Saint Modestus of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Saints Tiberius and Modestus, martyrs at Agde under Diocletian; especially venerated in the diocese of Montpellier
Sources
- Dr. J. Van der Schaar, Woordenboek van voornamen (a dictionary of Chrsitian names, in Dutch)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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