Evidence ID
E07880Saint Name
Andrew, the Apostle : S00288
Matthias, the Apostle : S01784Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Other saint-related textsSource
The Acts of Andrew and Matthias are generally dated to the 4th century. The text was translated into numerous languages (see Elliott 1993, 240-242); a Latin version was used by Gregory of Tours for his Miracles of Andrew (E07877).Discussion
In some versions of the story narrated in the Acts of Andrew and Matthias, the Apostle rescued by Andrew is not Matthias (S01784), who was made an Apostle in the place of Judas, but the more celebrated figure of Matthew the Evangelist (S00791). This is the case in the treatment of the story by Gregory of Tours in his Miracles of Andrew (E07877).Bibliography
Editions:
Prieur, J.-M., Acta Andreae (Corpus Christianorum, Series Apocryphorum 5-6; Turnhout: Brepols, 1989).
MacDonald, D.R., The Acts of Andrew and the Acts of Andrew and Matthias in the City of Cannibals (Texts and Translations 33; Atlanta: Scholars' Press, 1990), with English translation.
Blatt, F., Die lateinischen Bearbeitungen der Acta Andreae et Matthiae apud anthropophagos (Giessen, 1930).
Further reading:
Elliott, J.K., The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993).
Flamion, J., Les Actes Apocryphes de l'Apôtre André. Les Actes d'André et de Mathias, de Pierre et d'André et les textes apparentés (Louvain, 1911).
Roig Lanzillotta, L., Acta Andreae Apocrypha: A New Perspective on the Nature, Intention and Significance of the Primitive Text (Geneva: Patrick Cramer, 2007).
