Judas Maccabeus, a Kohen (Jewish priest) who led a revolt against the Seleucid Empire
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Gilla Mo Chaidbeo, Irish abbot (d. 1174), also known as Maccabeus or Machabeus
in that year, being known as Maccabeus, he accepted Christian III of Denmark's offer to the chair of theology at the university of Copenhagen, which had been endowed out of the spoils of the Church.
After the great success of Terezín Ghetto Requiem the Prague Spring International Music Festival commissioned oratorio Juda Maccabeus for the performance in St. Vitus Cathedral (with Gabriela Beňačková, Aleš Briscein, Ivan Kusnjer and the Prague Philharmonic Choir) in May 2002 and then in Litomyšl International Festival in June 2002.