Saint Matthias

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Christian saint apostle biblical figure

Saint Matthias is the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot among the Twelve after Judas’s betrayal and death, and is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Apostle Matthias 1
Matthias the Apostle 1
Saint Matthias the Apostle 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
apostle ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
associatedWith Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
chosenBy casting lots ⓘ
the Eleven Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ
chosenUnderInvocationOf the Holy Spirit NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedIn Book of Common Prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine liturgical calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Martyrology NERFINISHED ⓘ
contemporaryOf Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint James the Greater NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint John the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ
criteriaForSelection had accompanied Jesus from John’s baptism to the Ascension ⓘ
feastDay 14 May ⓘ
24 February ⓘ
9 August ⓘ
feastDayIn 14 May (Roman Catholic Church) ⓘ
24 February (traditional Western date) ⓘ
9 August (Eastern Orthodox Church) ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
iconographicAttribute axe ⓘ
book or scroll ⓘ
halberd ⓘ
languageContext Koine Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf Twelve Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
nameInGreek Μαθθίας NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameInLatin Matthias NERFINISHED ⓘ
notIdenticalTo Matthew the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronage alcoholics ⓘ
carpenters ⓘ
hope ⓘ
smallpox ⓘ
tailors ⓘ
possibleMannerOfDeath beheading ⓘ
crucifixion ⓘ
stoning ⓘ
possiblePlaceOfMartyrdom Colchis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
possiblePlaceOfMission Cappadocia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ
relicsVeneratedAt Basilica of Saint Matthias, Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced Judas Iscariot NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionDescribedIn Acts 1:15–26 ⓘ
title Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martyr ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Church

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (6)

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

Relics of Saint Matthias → associatedWith → Saint Matthias ⓘ
Relics of Saint Matthias → associatedWith → Saint Matthias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apostle Matthias
Relics of Saint Matthias → believedToBelongTo → Saint Matthias ⓘ
Feast of the Twelve Apostles → honorsCollectively → Saint Matthias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matthias the Apostle
Matthias → title → Saint Matthias ⓘ
St Matthias’ Church → namedAfter → Saint Matthias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Matthias the Apostle