Saint Matthew
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The Tax Collector
Born	1 January 1 BC,
Died	24 January 34, near Hierapolis or Ethiopia
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Anglican Church, Lutheran Church, some other Protestant Churches
Canonized	1/11/95
Major shrine	Salerno, Italy
Feast	September 21 (W), November 16 (E)
Attributes	tax collector
Patronage	Accountants, Salerno, Italy, and others, see [1]
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Matthew the Evangelist (מתי, "Gift of the LORD", Standard Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew: Mattay; Septuagint Greek: Ματθαίος, Matthaios), most often called Saint Matthew, is an important Christian figure, and one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles. Download high resolution version (1210x1545, 231 KB)By Rembrandt. ... This article is about the Dutch artist. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC - 0s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 6 BC 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC 1 2 3 4 // Events Births December 25 - Jesus (died about... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternate uses, see Number 34. ... The theatre Hierapolis (Arabic Manbij or Mumbij) is an ancient Syrian town occupying one of the finest sites in Northern Syria, in a fertile district about 16 miles southwest of the confluence of the Sajur and Euphrates. ... “Catholic Church” redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Eastern Christianity. ... The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous particular Churches in full communion with the Pope of Rome. ... The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organisation of Anglican Churches. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Icon of St. ... Eastern Orthodox shrine Buddhist shrine just outside Wat Phnom. ... Map of Italy showing Salerrno southeast of Naples Salerno is a town and a province capital in Campania, south-western Italy, located on the gulf of the same name on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as that saints day. ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Saint symbology was important to people who couldnt read because they can figure out what symbols mean. ... A tax collector is a person who collects unpaid taxes from other people or corporations. ... Saint Quentin is the patron saint of locksmiths and is also invoked against coughs and sneezes. ... Accountancy (British English) or accounting (American English) is the process of maintaining, auditing, and processing financial information for business purposes. ... Salerno is a town in Campania, south-western Italy, the capital of the province of the same name. ... Image File history File links Gloriole. ... It has been suggested that Yahweh be merged into this article or section. ... The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ... Tiberian Hebrew is an oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient forms of Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Bible, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early middle ages, beginning in the 8th century. ... The Septuagint: A column of uncial text from 1 Esdras in the Codex Vaticanus, the basis of Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brentons Greek edition and English translation. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      For other...

Name

The proper name and title of Matthew the Evangelist is debated. The gospel accounts discuss a man named Matthew only five times, and the first occurrence of his name is found in Matthew 9:9. It is possible that James, son of Alphaeus, had been distinguished from James, son of Zebedee by the former's other name "Levi" and that James, son of Alphaeus was called to the Apostolate along with Matthew. Believers of this interpretation point to the fact that both Mark and Luke call him simply "Matthew" in their lists of the Apostles [2] [3], as does Matthew himself [4]. However, the Catholic Encyclopedia asserts that Matthew once could have been called "Levi", according to Mark 2:14 and Luke 5:27. The Encyclopedia also states that "The fact of one man having two names is of frequent occurrence among the Jews."^[1] Other gospel passages that refer to Matthew or Levi are Mark 2:1-22 and Luke 5:27-39. Saint James, son of Zebedee (d. ... The Gospel of Mark, anonymous[1] but traditionally ascribed to Mark the Evangelist, is a synoptic gospel of the New Testament. ... The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά Λουκαν, Kata Loukan) is a synoptic Gospel, and the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament. ...

Life

Very little about Matthew's life is certain. The Gospel of Matthew introduces him as a publican, or tax-collector, probably near Capernaum. The Gospel of Matthew (literally, according to Matthew; Greek, Κατά Μαθθαίον or Κατά Ματθαίον, Kata Maththaion or Kata Matthaion) is a synoptic gospel in the New Testament, one of four canonical gospels. ... Look up Publican in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Catholic church built over the house of Saint Peter Capernaum (pronounced k-pûrn-m; Hebrew כפר נחום Kefar Nachum, Nahums hamlet) was a settlement on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. ...

Some contend that Matthew's father, Alphaeus, ^[2][3] may be the same Alphaeus who was father to the apostle, James (also called James the Lesser), and that the two were brothers. However, the Gospels never describe Matthew as James' brother, even in passages where John and James or Peter and Andrew are described as brothers. In the New Testament, Cleophas is the single English rendering of two men, who are in the Greek originalsCleopas, an abbreviated form of Cleopatros, a commonplace Hellenistic name meaning son of a renowned father, and the other Clopas. Cleopas was one of the two disciples to whom the risen... James, son of Alphaeus was one of the Twelve Apostles. ... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... John the Apostle (Hebrew: Johanan ;Greek Ιωάννης, see names of John) was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. ... Saint James, son of Zebedee (d. ... “St Peter” redirects here. ... Saint Andrew (Greek: Ανδρέας, Andreas), called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the elder brother of Saint Peter. ...

According to Luke's Gospel, on the same day Jesus called him, he made a "great feast" (Luke 5:29) to which he invited Jesus and his disciples. The last notice of him in the New Testament is in Acts 1:13. He is one of the few disciples mentioned by name in the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas, suggesting he was of more importance in the early Church than surviving evidence indicates. It is said ^{[citation needed]} that he preached the gospel for a long time after the Ascension and carried it all the way to Ethiopia, where he was killed. This article is about the Christian scriptures. ... The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. ... Apocrypha (from the Greek word , meaning those having been hidden away[1]) are texts of uncertain authenticity or writings where the authorship is questioned. ... The Gospel of Thomas is a New Testament-era apocryphon completely preserved in a papyrus Coptic manuscript discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi, Egypt. ... This article is about the Ascension of Jesus Christ. ...

The time and manner of Matthew's death are also unclear. According to Edward Ullendorff, the seventh book of a work he calls the "Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles" contains an account of the baptism of King Aeglippus of Ethiopia by Matthew, after having travelled to its capital, Naddayer. However, Matthew is said to have been killed by Aeglippus' brother, Hyrtacus, when he took the throne. Hyrtacus is said to have killed Matthew because the evangelist refused to sanction his marriage to Epiphigenia, Aeglippus' daughter.^[4] Other traditions say that Matthew was martyred in Hierapolis of Parthia. According to Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus, Matthew was martyred in Hierapolis, and Saint Matthias, who replaced Judas Iscariot among the twelve Apostles, is actually the one who died in Ethiopia. Recently, there have been some controversial investigations into a fourteenth-century document assigning Matthew's burial site to a place called "Issyk-Kul." Edward Ullendorff (b. ... In the process of determining the Biblical canon, a large number of works were excluded from the New Testament. ... This article is about the Christian religious act of Baptism. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. ... The theatre Hierapolis (Arabic Manbij or Mumbij) is an ancient Syrian town occupying one of the finest sites in Northern Syria, in a fertile district about 16 miles southwest of the confluence of the Sajur and Euphrates. ... Parthia[1] (Middle Persian: اشکانیان Ashkâniân) was a civilization situated in the northeast of modern Iran, but at its height covering all of Iran proper, as well as regions of the modern countries of Armenia, Iraq, Georgia, eastern Turkey, eastern Syria, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, the Persian Gulf... Epiphanius (ca 310–20 – 403) was a Church Father, a heresiologist who was a strong defender of orthodoxy, known for tracking down deviant teachings (heresies) wherever they could be traced, during the troubled era in the Christian Church following the Council of Nicaea. ... Saint Matthias is the Apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot, following Judas betrayal of Jesus and suicide (Acts 1:21 - 26). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      For other...

Matthew's relics are claimed to have been carried to Campania, in the Diocese of Capaccio. Retrieved by Lombards, they were moved to Salerno, where they are currently kept in the Cathedral's crypt. ^[5] For other uses, see Campania (disambiguation). ... Cappacio is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, whence comes the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Salerno is a town in Campania, south-western Italy, the capital of the province of the same name. ... The Duomo of Salerno. ...

Recognition and Modernity

Matthew is recognized as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox churches. The Eastern Orthodox celebrate his feast day on November 16, whereas September 21 is observed in Latin and Anglican churches. In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are often depicted as having halos. ... “Catholic Church” redirects here. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Coptic Orthodox Pope · Roman Catholic Pope Archbishop of Canterbury · Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Faith... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Like the other three evangelists, Matthew is often depicted in Christian art. He is usually depicted with a winged man, the designation given to him by the Church in relation to Daniel chapter 7, or possibly as a reference to the angel who is supposed to have dictated to Matthew as he wrote his gospel. The three paintings of Matthew by Caravaggio in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome are among the landmarks of Western art. The symbols of the four Evangelists are here depicted in the Book of Kells The Four Evangelists are the four followers of Jesus to whom are ascribed the writings forming the four Gospels of the New Testament: the Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. ... Christian art is art that spans many segments of Christianity. ... The symbols of the four Evangelists are here depicted in the Book of Kells The Four Evangelists are the four followers of Jesus to whom are ascribed the writings forming the four Gospels of the New Testament: the Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. ... This article is about the supernatural being. ... For other uses, see Caravaggio (disambiguation). ... San Luigi dei Francesi is a church of Rome, not far from Piazza Navona. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5...

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• Gospel of Matthew
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• John the Evangelist