Matthias 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M IX |
| PmbZ No. | 4873 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Semneion (Monastery of, Lydia); Atroa (Mt Olympus, Bithynia) (residence); Atroa (Mt Olympus, Bithynia) |
| Occupation | Bishop; Monk |
| Titles | Bishop, unknown (office) |
| Textual Sources | Vita Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2364), ed. V. Laurent, La Vie merveilleuse de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 29 (Brussels, 1956) (hagiography) |
Matthias 1 was a monk under Peter of Atroa (Petros 34), who later became a bishop (ὁ ἀββᾶς Ματθίας, ὁ καὶ ὕστερον γεγονὼς ἐπίσκοπος) (his see is not known): Vita Petr. Atr. 29, p. 133. Matthias 1 was Sabas 1's informant about several miracles performed by Petros 34: Vita Petr. Atr. 29, p. 133 (Matthias 1 had a cousin whose son, ill from birth, was cured by Petros 34), 30, p. 135 (while Matthias 1 was serving a meal to Petros 34 and the hegoumenos at the monastery of Semneion in Lydia, the supply of oil was miraculously maintained), 31, p. 135 (cure of a nun near Kalon Oros), 32, p. 137 (Matthias 1 himself was cured of a snakebite).
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