Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wani mutum mai karfi, an haifi Matiyu a Edessa a wani lokaci a rabi na biyu na karni na 11 kuma ya kasance memba na Ikilisiyar Apostolic Armenian. Ya kasance mai hamayya da cocin Helenanci da kuma cocin Latin. Matiyu ya kasance mai tsananin fushi game da mazaunan Frankish, wanda ya la'anta a cikin aikinsa mulkin haɗama da mulkin mallaka da rashin godiya. Wataƙila an kashe shi a lokacin da ake kai wa Edessa hari
ta hannun Zengi, atabeg na Mosul a cikin 1144.