Mattathias in Wikipedia

Mattathias (Hebrew: מתתיהו בןיחאנן הכהן‎, Matitiyahu or Matisyahu ben Yochanan HaCohen in Hebrew) was a Jewish priest whose role in the Jewish revolt against the Syrian Greeks is related in the Books of the Maccabees. Mattathias is accorded a central role in the story of Chanukah and, as a result, is named in the Al Hanissim prayer Jews add to Grace after meals and the Amidah during the festival's eight days...