
Workshop of Simone Martini
circa 1317-1319
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, US
Public Domain
The Collect
O ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles; Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.