Modesta of Oeren

Modesta of Oeren was the first abbess of the women's monastery of Oeren (at first Saint Mary, later Saint Irmina) at Trier in Germany. She died after the year 659.

The monastery was founded between 635 and 650, under Bishop Modoald, in the ruins of the Roman granaries (horrea, whence Oeren) on the right bank of the Moselle. Modesta belonged to the Austrasian nobility and was a friend of Gertrude of Nivelles and of Chlodulf, bishop of Metz. Irmina of Oeren succeeded her.

Local veneration as a saint is attested at Trier from the tenth century; her day of commemoration is 6 November. Her relics are in the basilica of Saint Matthias at Trier.