Modestus

Modestus is a Roman cognomen and a masculine name. It may refer to:

Ancient Romans

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
Domitius Modestus (fl. 358–377), Roman politician
Gaius Sollius Modestus Sidonius Apollinaris (5th century), Roman poet and diplomat
Modestus or Pseudo-Modestus (9th century?), supposed author of the Libellus de vocabulis rei militaris

Saint Modestus (it), legendary saint and educator of Saint Vitus, martyr under Diocletian (c. 304)
Modestus, martyr at Agde alongside Saint Tiberius during the Diocletianic persecution
Modestus (bishop of Trier) (died 489), saint
Modestus of Jerusalem (died 630), Christian patriarch of Jerusalem
Modestus of Carantania (c. 720–before 772), Irish missionary to the Carantanians and saint