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Modesti is typical of the central Italian zone, with stocks also in Verona and in the Verona area, in Bari especially in Corato and Bergamo, Modestini, very rare, has a stock in Assisi and in Terni and one in Rome,, Modestino, also very rare, it is from Campania, Modesto has stocks in the Udine area of Majano and Udine, one in the Treviso area in Montebelluna and Treviso, one in Penne (PE), one in Marcianise (CE), nuclei in Puglia in Bitonto (BA) , in Trinitapoli (FG) and in Squinzano (LE), they should all derive from the late Latin name Modestus or from its hypocoristic, as an example we mention Tiberius Claudius Balbillus Modestus proconsul of Egypt from the year 54 to 59, we remember San Modesto martyr under the Emperor Diocletian in the year 304.
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