polis, and was buried there, near the Temple of the Sun."现存的埃塞俄比亚人文献"安德烈与玛弟亚行传"，叙述玛弟亚在埃塞俄比亚“食人族的城市”里传教。另一方面，犹太人传统上保留着马提亚是在耶路撒冷受石刑，其后被斩首而死的说法。另外，根据圣希波律陀的记载，马提亚因年老体衰在耶路撒冷去世。亚历山大的克雷芒叙述道 ("Stromateis" vi.13.)：Not that they became apostles through being