Modestus

Modestus was a Roman cognomen. It may refer to:

* Julius Modestus (1st century BC), Roman freedman and grammarian * Marcus Mettius Modestus (procurator) (1st century AD), Roman governor of Egypt * Aufidius Modestus (1st century AD), Roman philologist, commentator on Horace * Mettius Modestus, Roman consul AD 82 * Gaius Trebonius Proculus Mettius Modestus (2nd century), Roman senator * Modestus (apologete) (2nd century), Christian apologist who wrote against Marcion * Quintus Aiacius Modestus Crescentianus, consul alongside Marcus Pomponius Maecius Probus in 228 * Saint Modestus, legendary saint and educator of Saint Vitus, martyr under Diocletian (c. 304) * Modestus, martyr at Agde alongside Saint Tiberius during the Diocletianic persecution * Domitius Modestus (fl. 358–377), Roman politician * Gaius Sollius Modestus Sidonius Apollinaris (5th century), Roman poet and diplomat * Modestus (bishop of Trier) (died 489), saint * Modestus of Jerusalem (died 630), Christian patriarch of Jerusalem * Modestus (Apostle of Carantania) (8th century), Irish missionary to the Carantanians and saint * Modestus or Pseudo-Modestus (9th century?), supposed author of the ''Libellus de vocabulis rei militaris'' * Modestus Yao Z. Ahiable (b. 1948), Ghanaian politician * Modestus Kilufi (b. 1959), Tanzanian politician * Modestus Setiawan (b. 1982), Indonesian footballer Provided by Wikipedia