# Modestus

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**Modestus** was a [Roman cognomen](/source/List_of_Roman_cognomina). It may refer to:

- [Julius Modestus](/source/Julius_Modestus) (1st century BC), Roman freedman and grammarian
- [Marcus Mettius Modestus (procurator)](/source/Marcus_Mettius_Modestus_(procurator)) (1st century AD), Roman governor of Egypt
- [Aufidius Modestus](/source/Aufidius_Modestus) (1st century AD), Roman philologist, commentator on [Horace](/source/Horace)
- [Mettius Modestus](/source/Mettius_Modestus), Roman consul AD 82
- [Gaius Trebonius Proculus Mettius Modestus](/source/Gaius_Trebonius_Proculus_Mettius_Modestus) (2nd century), Roman senator
- [Modestus (apologete)](/source/Modestus_(apologete)) (2nd century), Christian apologist who wrote against Marcion
- Quintus Aiacius Modestus Crescentianus, consul alongside [Marcus Pomponius Maecius Probus](/source/Marcus_Pomponius_Maecius_Probus) in 228
- [Saint Modestus](/source/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](/source/Diocletianic_persecution)
- [Domitius Modestus](/source/Domitius_Modestus) ([fl.](/source/Floruit) 358–377), Roman politician
- [Gaius Sollius Modestus Sidonius Apollinaris](/source/Gaius_Sollius_Modestus_Sidonius_Apollinaris) (5th century), Roman poet and diplomat
- [Modestus (bishop of Trier)](/source/Modestus_(bishop_of_Trier)) (died 489), saint
- [Modestus of Jerusalem](/source/Modestus_of_Jerusalem) (died 630), Christian patriarch of Jerusalem
- [Modestus (Apostle of Carantania)](/source/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](/source/Libellus_de_vocabulis_rei_militaris)*
- [Modestus Yao Z. Ahiable](/source/Modestus_Yao_Z._Ahiable) (b. 1948), Ghanaian politician
- [Modestus Atshipara](/source/Modestus_Atshipara) (born 1966), Namibian politician
- [Modestus Kilufi](/source/Modestus_Kilufi) (b. 1959), Tanzanian politician
- [Modestus Setiawan](/source/Modestus_Setiawan) (b. 1982), Indonesian footballer

## See also

- [Modest (disambiguation)](/source/Modest_(disambiguation))

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