Saint Matthias, a matsayin amintaccen almajiri, ya maye gurbin Yahuda Iskariyoti

Saint Matthias, manzo na goma sha biyu, ana bikin ranar 14 ga Mayu. Labarinsa kwatanci ne, domin sauran manzanni ne suka zaɓe shi, maimakon Yesu, ya cika gurbin da Yahuda Iskariyoti ya bari bayan ya ci amana da kuma kashe kansa. Manzanni goma sha biyu ne don alamar ƙabilu goma sha biyu na Isra'ila.

Yadda Saint Matthias ya fita daga zama amintaccen almajiri zuwa zama manzon Yesu

BayanHawan Yesu zuwa sama, manzanni da almajirai suka taru don su zaɓi sabon manzo. An zabi Saint Matthias a cikin masu aminci ɗari da ashirin na Yesu, tare da wani mutum mai suna Yusufu Barsaba, sa’an nan aka zaɓe shi ya zama sabon manzo. An ba da wannan labari a cikin littafin Ayyukan Manzanni.

Kafin a zabe shi a matsayin manzo, Saint Matthias ya kasance a amintaccen almajiri na Yesu, wanda bai taɓa yashe shi daga lokacin da aka yi masa baftisma ba Yahaya Maibaftisma. Sunansa, Mattia, ya samo asali ne daga Mattathias, wanda ke nufin "Baiwar Allah“, wanda da alama yana nuna cewa an ƙaddara shi ya kasance a gefen Ɗan Allah.

Bayan an zabe shi a matsayin manzo, ba a san abin da St. Matthias ya yi ba. Wasu majiyoyi sun ce ya yi tafiya zuwa ga kasar Habasha kuma har zuwa yankunan da masu cin naman mutane ke da yawa. Sama canzuwa mutuwa ya faru a Sevastopol, inda aka binne shi a haikalin Rana.Wasu labaran sun ce yana nan jifa da fille kai tare da halberd a Urushalima.

Saint Matthias ya kasance a wurin Fentikos, sa’ad da Ruhu Mai Tsarki ya sauko bisa manzanni. Wannan taron ya nuna farkon manufar Ikilisiya. Manzanni sun fara wa’azin bishara kuma mutane da yawa sun tuba.

Ana ajiye kayan tarihi na St. Matthias a majami'u da birane daban-daban. Wani bangare shine a Trier, a Jamus, inda akwai wani Basilica sadaukar domin ibada. Ana kuma samun wasu kayan tarihi a cikin basilica di Santa Giustina in Padua. Duk da haka, akwai kuma wani zato cewa relics a Roma a cikin Basilica na Santa Maria Maggiore na iya zama na Saint Matthew, bishop na Urushalima.