Matthew the Apostle

==Veneration==
Matthew is recognized as a [[saint]] in the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], [[Lutheran]]{{sfn|ELCA|2006|p=57}} and [[Anglican]] churches (see [[St. Matthew's Church (disambiguation)|St. Matthew's Church]]). His [[feast day]] is celebrated on 21 September in the West and 16 November in the East. (Those churches which follow the traditional [[Julian calendar]] would keep the day on 29 November of the modern [[Gregorian calendar]], being 16 November in the Julian calendar.) He is also commemorated by the Orthodox, together with the other Apostles, on 30 June (13 July), the [[Synaxis]] of the Holy Apostles. His tomb is located in the crypt of [[Salerno Cathedral]] in southern Italy. Matthew is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] in the [[Church of England]] with a [[Festival (Anglicanism)|Festival]] on [[September 21|21 September]].<ref name=Calendar />

Like the other [[Four Evangelists|evangelists]], Matthew is often depicted in [[Christian art]] with one of the four living creatures of Revelation 4:7.<ref>{{bibleverse|Revelation|4:7}}</ref> The one that accompanies him is [[Tetramorph|in the form of a winged man]]. The three paintings of Matthew by [[Caravaggio]] in the church of [[San Luigi dei Francesi]] in [[Rome]], where he is depicted as called by Christ from his profession as a tax gatherer, are among the landmarks of [[Western art]].