Modestus (bishop of Trier)

{{Short description|Clergyman (died 489)}}

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|death_date= 489

|feast_day= 24 February

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|major_shrine= St Matthias Church, Trier, Germany

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Modestus (died 489) was bishop of Trier[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/trie0.htm Diocese of Trier] at GCatholic.orgFriedrich Pfeiffer: In Modestus. Biographic-bibliographic church encyclopedia (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001. {{ISBN|3-88309-089-1}}, p.980-981. when the Franks gained control over the city of Trier and he is considered a Pre-Congregational Saint.[http://catholicsaints.info/diocese-of-trier-germany/ St Modestus]. His feast day is 24 February.

Despite the turmoil he lived through he died in Trier in 489 of natural causes and his relics are enshrined in the church Saint Matthias, Trier, Germany.[http://catholicsaints.info/saint-modestus-of-trier/ Modestus].