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Modestus (Apostle of Carantania)

Window depicting Modestus in the church of Liesing, Austria

Modestus (c. 720 – before 772),[1] called the Apostle of Carinthia or Apostle of Carantania, was most probably an Irish monk and the evangeliser of the Carantanians, an Alpine Slavic people settling in the south of present-day Austria and north-eastern Slovenia, who were among the ancestors of present-day Slovenes.

  1. ^ Modestus was an early Christian writer, missionary to the Carinthians and regionary bishop. All dates concerning Modestus vary considerably.
    Catholic Truth: "died 722" Catholic-truth.info
    Friedrich Leitner: "dispatched in/before 757 Suffragan Modestus to the Alpine Slavs"OE-journal.at
    Archdiocese of Salzburg: "Before 767 Virgil sent Modestus and Libellus to Carinthia"Caritas-salzburg.at[permanent dead link‍]
    Ecumenical Lexikon of Saints: "Modestus...went south in 750..."Heiligenlexikon.de
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