The Martyrdom of the Apostle Matthew (Latin recension)
Martyrium Matthaei
· Anonymous (Latin martyrdom of Matthew)
· 6th-8th century (Latin recension)
· apocryphon
Latin · domain: latin-apocrypha · researched 2026-11-14
partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.
Why this is in the register
Bonnet edited the Latin Martyrium Matthaei in Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha II.1, alongside Passio Andreae, Passio Bartholomaei and Acta Ioannis (https://archive.org/details/actaapostolorvm02tiscgoog). HOLLIS Primo 'Martyrium Matthaei' returns only Latin editions of the corpus — Bonnet's original and the Olms reprints of 1972 and 1990 — with no English translation (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Martyrium%20Matthaei&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 The English that exists is of the Greek: 'Acts and Martyrdom of St. Matthew the Apostle' in Ante-Nicene Fathers 8, p. 528, translated with the other Greek acts in that volume (https://archive.org/details/antenicenefather08buff). No English translation of the Latin Martyrium was located, and neither Elliott (1993) nor the More Noncanonical Scriptures volumes list it in their contents (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Apocryphal%20New%20Testament%20Elliott&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,More%20Noncanonical%20Scriptures&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0
Matthew's Latin martyrdom is one of the small body of texts behind the Western legend of the apostle in Ethiopia, and it differs materially from the Greek acts printed in English. Only the Greek side of that pair can be read in English today.
Baronzio, Giovanni fl. ca. 1326, died before 1362 · 1329-1333 ·
Baronzio, Giovanni fl. ca. 1326, died before 1362. "Martyrdom and Ascension of St. Matthew." 1329-1333. https://id.lib.harvard.edu/via/olvwork683813/catalog
Perkins, Pheme. "Peter : apostle for the whole church." Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c1994. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990057011750203941
Cite: Tergwame, “The Martyrdom of the Apostle Matthew (Latin recension)”
(latin gap dossier), 2026.
https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/latin-martyrium-matthaei