Mattathias

E285899

Jewish priest historical figure patriarch rebel leader

Mattathias was a Jewish priest and patriarch who initiated the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BCE.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mattathias canonical	5
Mattathias the Hasmonean	5
Matityahu	1
Mattityahu	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish priest ⓘ historical figure ⓘ patriarch ⓘ rebel leader ⓘ
action	killed a Jew who came forward to offer pagan sacrifice ⓘ killed the king’s officer enforcing idolatrous sacrifice ⓘ refused to offer pagan sacrifice ⓘ
approximateDate	fl. c. 167 BCE ⓘ
associatedWith	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Jewish resistance to Antiochus IV’s decrees ⓘ
burialPlace	Modein ⓘ
causeOf	outbreak of the Maccabean revolt ⓘ
clan	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hasmoneans
commemoratedBy	Hanukkah story ⓘ
consequenceOfAction	sparked armed resistance against Seleucid decrees ⓘ
country	Judea ⓘ
culturalContext	Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jews ⓘ surface form: Jewish people
fatherOf	Eleazar Avaran ⓘ John Gaddi ⓘ Jonathan Apphus ⓘ Judas Maccabeus ⓘ Simon Thassi ⓘ
historicalRegion	Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ surface form: Land of Israel
knownFrom	1 Maccabees ⓘ 2 Maccabees ⓘ writings of Josephus ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
legacy	founder of the Hasmonean resistance ⓘ
memberOf	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hasmonean family
movement	Maccabean Revolt ⓘ surface form: Maccabean revolt
notableFor	initiating the Maccabean revolt ⓘ resisting Seleucid rule ⓘ
opponent	Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Judea ⓘ Modein ⓘ
positionHeld	leader of the early Maccabean revolt ⓘ priest ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousRole	defender of Jewish law ⓘ opponent of Hellenistic religious impositions ⓘ
residence	Modein ⓘ
successor	Judas Maccabeus as military leader ⓘ
timePeriod	2nd century BCE ⓘ
tribe	Tribe of Levi ⓘ
veneratedIn	Jewish tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maccabees → ledBy → Mattathias ⓘ

Matthew → isAnglicisedFormOf → Mattathias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Matityahu

Matthew → isAnglicisedFormOf → Mattathias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mattityahu

Antigonus II Mattathias → givenName → Mattathias ⓘ

Hasmon → hasDescendant → Mattathias ⓘ

Simon Thassi → father → Mattathias ⓘ