After the king's death, his daughter Iphigenia was demanded in marriage by his successor Hirtacus, who, finding that through Matthew's exhortation she had vowed her virginity to God and now persevered in her holy resolution, ordered the apostle to be put to death, as he was celebrating the holy mysteries at the altar.
Ngemva kokufa kwenkosi, indodakazi yakhe Iphigenia dinga emshadweni by umlandeli wakhe Hirtacus, ngubani, bathola ukuthi ngokusebenzisa sikhuthazo likaMathewu yena wayefunge ukuthi wayeyobaqothula oseyintombi kuNkulunkulu futhi manje bakhuthazela nesinqumo sakhe esingcwele, wayala umPhostoli ukuba abulawe, njengoba yena kwaba sigubha izimfihlakalo ezingcwele e-altare.