Modestus (died 489) was

bishop of Trier The Diocese of Trier (), in English historically also known as ''Treves'' () from French ''Trèves'', is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.Franks file:Frankish arms.JPG, Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks ( or ; ; ) were originally a group of Germanic peoples who lived near the Rhine river, Rhine-river military border of Germania Inferior, which wa ...

gained control over the city of

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and he is considered a

Pre-Congregational Saint In the Catholic Church, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, previously named the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (), is the dicastery of the Roman Curia that oversees the complex process that leads to the canonization of saints, passi ...

. His

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is 24 February. Despite the turmoil he lived through he died in

in 489 of natural causes and his relics are enshrined in the church Saint Matthias, Trier,

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

.Modestus

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24 February saints at St. Patrick's ChurchSan Modesto di Treviri, Vescovo
Year of birth missing 489 deaths Medieval German saints Burials at St. Matthias' Abbey 5th-century Christian saints Roman Catholic bishops of Trier {{Germany-saint-stub