Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He tangata whakapono kaha, i whanau a Mataio i Edessa i te hawhe tuarua o te rau tau 11, 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. I patua pea ia i te wā o te
Te whakapae o Edessa e Zengi, atabeg o Mosul i te tau 1144.