About Modestus
Modestus was a writer.
Manuscript of Jerome's De viris illustribus, the late 15th century, with a page showing entries for Musanus, Modestus and Bardaisan. Modestus was a Christian apologete of the 2nd century.
According to Jerome, Modestus wrote a work Adversus Marcionem ("Against Marcion") during the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, i.e. . According to Eusebius, this work "exceeded all other confutations of that heretic."
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2nd century Christian writer and apologete
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