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Matteo of Bascio Founder and first superior-general of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins , born Bascio, Italy, c.1495; died Venice, Italy, 1552. He entered the Order of Observants at Montefiorentino, and in 1525 was a missionary priest at the friary of Montefalcone. His simplicity and fervor rebelling against the relaxation of the Rule, he … Continue reading “Matteo of Bascio”

Matteo of Aquasparta A celebrated Italian Franciscan, born at Aquasparta in the Diocese of Todi, Umbria, about 1235; died at Rome, 29 October, 1302. He was a member of the Bentivenghi family, to which Cardinal Bentivenga (d. 1290), also a Franciscan, belonged. Matteo entered the Franciscan Order at Todi, took the degree of Master of … Continue reading “Matteo of Aquasparta”

Matteo di Termini (Matteo Di Termini), born in the first half of the thirteenth century, at Termini, a village of Sicily, from which he derived his surname. As that village belonged to the Archdiocese of Palermo, he is sometimes called Panormitano, the Breviary says of him quem Thermenses at Panormitani civem suum esse dicunt. On … Continue reading “Matteo di Termini”

Matteo da Siena (Matteo di Giovanni di Bartolo). Painter, born at Borgo San Sepolcro, c. 1435; died 1495. His common appellation was derived from his having worked chiefly in the city of Siena. In the fourteenth century the masters of the Sienese school rivalled the Florentine painters; in the fifteenth, the former school, resisting the … Continue reading “Matteo da Siena”

Matteo Colombo (1516-1559) Anatomist and discoverer of the pulmonary circulation, born Cremona, Italy ; died Rome, Italy . He taught at Padua, Pisa, and the Pontifical University of Rome, where he wrote his celebrated work on anatomy. He was the first to use living animals to demonstrate movements of the heart and lungs. Fuente: New … Continue reading “Matteo Colombo”

Mattenai (Heb. Mattenay’, , prob. contracted for Mattaniah; Sept. v, v, the name of three men after the exile. 1. An Israelite of the sons (citizens) of Hashun, who divorced his Gentile wife after the return from Babylon (Ezr 10:33). B.C. 459. 2. Another Israelite of the sons (or inhabitants) of Bani, who did the … Continue reading “Mattenai”

Matteis (Or Mattei) PAOLO, an Italian painter and engraver, was born near Naples in 1662, and died in 1728. Among his masterpieces are the pictures of the Savior and St. Gaetano, in the church of St. Paul at Pistoia, and the Meeting of Erminia and the Shepherds, in the Museum of Vienna. See Lanzi, History … Continue reading “Matteis (Or Mattei)”

Mattei MARIUS, a noted Roman Catholic prelate, lately the presiding officer of the College of Cardinals at Rome, and in ecclesiastical dignity ranked next to the pope himself, was born at Pergola, States of the Church, Sept. 6, 1792; was educated at Rome, and entered the priesthood in 1814. In 1832 he received his appointment … Continue reading “Mattei”

Mattattah MATTATTAH.See Mattathias, No. 1. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Mattattah mata-ta (, mattattah): the Revised Version (British and American) for Mattathah in the King James Version (Ezr 10:33). The same as Mattathias of 1 Esdras 9:33, the King James Version Matthias (which see). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Mattathias (), the Greek form of MATTATHIAH SEE MATTATHIAH (q.v.), and standing for several persons in the Apocrypha and New Test. 1. One who supported Ezra in reading the law (1Es 9:43), the MATTITHIAH of Neh 8:4. 2. The father of the Maccabmean brothers (1Ma 2:1; 1Ma 2:14; 1Ma 2:16-17; 1Ma 2:19; 1Ma 2:24; 1Ma … Continue reading “Mattathias”