Feast
Saint Matthias, Apostle
- Feast day
- May 14
- Patron of
- alcoholics and carpenters
- Origin
- Palestinian
Life
Matthias was chosen by lot to replace Judas Iscariot as one of the Twelve Apostles, as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. Tradition holds that he preached in Judea and Ethiopia.
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