September 21 annually celebrates the feast day of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist in the Western (Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Protestant) traditions. He was a Jewish, Galilean tax-collector until he met Jesus of Nazareth, who said to him, "Follow me." From that day Matthew was one of his disciples and one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and traditional author of the first Gospel; also referred to as Levi in the Gospels of Mark and Luke. Patron saint of tax collectors, accountants, bankers, and stockbrokers. His Eastern Orthodox Feast Day is November 16. HNAe141.

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