A baptismal name for a boy
Modestus
8 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Modestus
Saint Modestus of JerusalemDecember 18Patriarch of Jerusalem from 632 to 634, who died in 634.
Saint Modestus of TrierFebruary 24Bishop of Trier when the Franks took the city; he died of natural causes in 489.- Martyr ModestusJanuary 12A martyr of Africa, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr ModestusFebruary 12A bishop or priest martyr honored in Western calendars, died around 304; few details survive.
- Martyr Modestus of RomeMay 16Christian of Rome, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Saint Modestus of VannesSaint of Vannes, venerated in the Western Church.
- Saint Modestus of CaesareaMarch 28A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 28 March; few details survive.
- Saint Modestus of CarinthiaFebruary 5A missionary bishop who preached the Gospel in Carinthia, reposed around 722.
Questions
The name day of Modestus is December 18, the feast of Saint Modestus of Jerusalem. It is also kept on February 24, January 12, February 12, May 16, March 28, February 5.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 8 saints named Modestus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Modestus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Modestus of Jerusalem as patron.