Tuhia he tohutoro mo tenei waahanga - He tangata kaha o te whakapono, i whanau a Matthew i Edessa i tetahi wa i te hawhe tuarua o te rautau 11th a he mema ia o te Armenian Apostolic Church. He hoariri tino nui ia ki te hahi Kariki me te hahi Rātini. I tino kino a Matthew ki nga kainoho Frankish, ko te hunga haehae me te mana rangatira me te koretake e whakahe ana ia i roto i tana mahi. Tērā pea i patua ia i te wā o te whakapaenga o Edessa
na Zengi, atabeg o Mosul i te tau 1144.