Modestus was a Roman cognomen. It may refer to: *

Julius Modestus The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

(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 * 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 The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. In 303, the emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius issued a series of edicts rescinding Christians' legal rig ...

Domitius Modestus Domitius Modestus (''floruit'' 358–377) was a politician of the Roman Empire. He held appointments under the emperors Constantius II, Julian, and Valens, and was consul in 372. Previously a pagan, he converted to Arianism under Valens, and was ...

(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), Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem *

Modestus (Apostle of Carantania) Modestus ( 720 – before 772), called the Apostle of Carinthia or Apostle of Carantania, was most probably an Irish monk and the evangeliser of the Carantanians, an Alpine Slavic people settling in the south of present-day Austria and north-eas ...

(8th century), Irish missionary to the Carantanians and saint * Modestus Yao Z. Ahiable (b. 1948), Ghanaian politician * Modestus Kilufi (b. 1959), Tanzanian politician * Modestus Fernando (b. 1963), Sri Lankan army colonel *

Modestus Setiawan Modestus Setiawan known as Tutus is an Indonesian footballer who currently plays for Persak Kebumen in Indonesia Amateur League. He is 172 cm tall. He plays as a full back. Career The 2005 season, when Persijatim moved homebase from Sura ...

(b. 1982), Indonesian footballer

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