On the authority of Johannes Latuharhary, Sapija and other Indonesian historians, Matulessy was declared a pahlawan nasional (national hero) in 1973 not under his name, but under the authoritative title Kapitan Pattimura.
On the authority of Johannes Latuharhary, Sapija, and other Indonesian historians, Matulessy was proclaimed a pahlawan nasional (national hero) in 1973 under the authoritative title Kapitan Pattimura rather than his own name.