Modestus of Carinthia

Holy Hierarch Modestus of Carinthia is called the Apostle of Carinthia. According to Orthodox England he was a monk at Salzburg and then bishop in Carinthia, in present-⁠day Austria, and had a large part in the enlightenment of that land. Wikipedia describes him as an Irish monk of the Irish and Scottish mission to the continent, who preached to the Carantanians, an Alpine Slavic people and ancestors of the present-⁠day Slovenes. The year of his repose is uncertain: sources give around 722, while Wikipedia speaks of a date before 772. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 5 February (new calendar).