Apostle and Evangelist Mattew

Apostle and evangelist Mattew
Apostle Mattew Evangelista (Matthieu)

After Markus 2.14 Levi, the son of the Alphäus, after Lukas 5.27 Levi, the customs officers.
He(It) himself reports him of the duty table (Mattew 9.9) like Christ away appeals and with him with the meal sits: first in the book illumination of the 10./11. Jhd. represented.... However, martyr's death - many Laying his(its) most frequent representation is the author's picture, him from 7. Jhd. in in the writing desk sitting and writing points ..., accompanies from his(its) symbol to the angel or people(persons) whom the inscriptions point: " How Jesus Christ became a person by the birth and is announced by the angel ".