Saint Modestus

Memorial: 15 June
removed from the calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969
Profile: Married to Saint Crescentia. Tutor of Saint Vitus; he and Crescentia converted the boy to Christianity. Vitus's pagan father had him arrested and scourged. Freed from prison by an angel, he travelled with Vitus and Crescentia to Lucania and Rome, Italy. Martyr.
Died: boiled in oil c.303 in Lucania, Italy
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Patronage: Badia Calavena, Italy
Additional Information: The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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