MATTIAS Afterwards it is probable he travelled eastwards, his residence being principally near the irruption of the river Apsarus and the haven Hyffus. The barbarous people treated him with great rudeness and inhumanity; and, after many labours and sufferings in converting great numbers to Christianity, he obtained the crown of martyrdom; but by what kind of death, is uncertain.—They pretend to show the relics of St Matthias at Rome; and the famous abbey of St Matthias near Treves boasts of the same advantage: but doubtless both without any foundation. There was a gospel ascribed to St Matthias; but it was universally rejected as spurious.