Ka cika wannan furcin: An haifi Matta a birnin Edessa a rabin rabin ƙarni na 11 kuma shi ɗan Cocin Armeniya ne. 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
kewaye Edessa da Zengi, atabeg na Mosul a cikin 1144.