Saint of the Day – 4 November – Saint Modesta (Died c680) Virgin of Trier, Abbess of the Monastery of Ohren in Trier founded by her uncle St Modoald. Also known as – Modesta of Ohren, … of Trier (formerly Treves).
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Treves, St Modesta, Virgin.”
Beata Francisca de Amboise – Iglesia de San Patern – Vannes – Fr
Modesta was the niece of St Itta and, therefore, a cousin of St Gertrude (626–659). Modesta became a Benedictine Nun and was appointed the 1st Abbess, by Saint Modoald, her uncle and the Bishop of Trier, for the Convent of Ohren, situate in Trier.
The Abbey was built on the site of ancient Roman granaries still remaining on the site. It was later dedicated to the Patronage of Saint Irmina of Ohren, the Abbey’s 2nd Abbess.
Modesta died on 4 November of a year towards the end of the 7th Century and her body was venerated ind in 1769 in the Church of the Abbey of St.Irmina in Öhren. In 1770, the Church was destroyed and rebuilt, but no altar was dedicated to the Saint. According to local believers, her Relics were transferred to the Church of St Matthias, where they rest among the bones of many Saints.
Her cult has been documented since at least the 9th Century and her name appears among the virgins in the Litanies of the Saints, calendars and Liturgical books of Trier and Utrecht.
St Vitalis (Died c 304) Martyr and St Agricola (Died c 304) Latmen Martyrs. Martyrs, Laymen. They died in c 304 in Bologna, Italy in the persecution of Diocletian. Patronage – Bologna. The Roman Martyrology reads: “In Bologna, Saints Vitalis and Agricola, Martyrs, of whom, according to what Saint Ambrose recounts, the first was first a slave to the other, then a companion in Martyrdom: Vitalis, in fact, suffered such torments that there was no longer any part of his body without wound. Agricola, not at all terrified by the torture of his slave, imitated him in Martyrdom by undergoing crucifixion.” Their Lives and Deaths: https://anastpaul.com/2022/11/04/saints-of-the-day-4-november-st-vitalis-died-c-304-and-st-agricola-died-c-304-martyrs/
Bl Frances d’Amboise St Gerard de Bazonches St Gregory of Burtscheid Bl Helen Enselmini Bl Henry of Zweifalten St Hermas of Myra St Joannicus of Mount Olympus St John Zedazneli St Modesta (Died c680) Virgin of Trier Virgin St Nicander of Lycia St Patrobas St Perpète St Philologus
St Pierius (Died c309) Priest, Co-Director of the Catechetical School of Alexandria, Scholar, renowned Preacher and Exegetical Writer.. He died in Rome in c309 of natural causes which St Jerome assures us of. The Roman Martyrology reads today: “The birthday of St Pierius, Priest of Alexandria, who, being deeply versed in the Sacred Scriptures, leading a very pure life and freed from all impediments in order to apply to Christian philosophy, taught the people with great renown and published various treatise, under the Emperors Carus and Diocletian, when St Theonas governed the Church of Alexandria. After the persecutions, he spent the remainder of his life at Rome, where he rested in peace in the Lord.” His Life of Grace: https://anastpaul.com/2023/11/04/saint-of-the-day-4-november-st-pierius-died-c309-priest-confessor/
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