Maccabeus (other)
Maccabeus or Machabeus may refer to: * ''Maccabeus'' (worm), a sole genus of Seticoronarian priapulid worm * Judas Maccabeus, a Kohen (Jewish priest) who led a revolt against the Seleucid Empire * Gilla Mo Chaidbeo, Irish abbot (d. 1174), also known as Maccabeus or Machabeus * Rudolf, Count of Montescaglioso, also known as Maccabeus See also * Maccabees (other) * Maccabi (other) * Maccabiah (other) Maccabiah may refer to: * Maccabiah Games, a quadrennial international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport competition ** Maccabiah Games by year held ** Maccabiah sports, the sports played at the Maccabiah Games * Maccabiah Stadium See also * Maccab ...

Maccabeus (worm)
''Maccabeus'' is the sole genus of seticoronarian priapulid Priapulida (priapulid worms, from Gr. πριάπος, ''priāpos'' 'Priapus' + Lat. ''-ul-'', diminutive), sometimes referred to as penis worms, is a phylum of unsegmented marine worms. The name of the phylum relates to the Greek god of fertility ... worms. References Priapulida Ecdysozoa families {{Protostome-stub ...
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Judas Maccabeus
Judah Maccabee (or Judas Maccabeus, also spelled Machabeus, or Maccabæus, Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, ''Yehudah HaMakabi'') was a Jewish priest (''kohen'') and a son of the priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–160 BCE). The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah ("Dedication") commemorates the restoration of Jewish worship at the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 164 BCE, after Judah Maccabee removed all of the statues depicting Greek gods and goddesses and purified it. Life Early life Judah was the third son of Mattathias the Hasmonean, a Jewish priest from the village of Modi'in. In 167 BCE Mattathias, together with his sons Judah, Eleazar, Simon, John, and Jonathan, started a revolt against the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who since 175 BCE had issued decrees that forbade Jewish religious practices. After Mattathias's death in 166 BCE, Judah assumed leadership of the revolt in accordance with the deathbed disposition of his ...
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Gilla Mo Chaidbeo
Gilla Mo Chaidbeo (also known as Machabeo or Machabeus, died 1174) was a Gaelic-Irish Abbot. Biography Known as Machabeus in Latin, Gilla Mo Chaidbeo was abbot of the monastery dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul at Armagh. He served in this capacity for over thirty years, dying in 1174. Gilla Mo Chaidbeo's death is the last to be commemorated in the ''Félire húi Gormáin'' or Martyrology of Gorman, which was written by his contemporary Máel Muire Ua Gormáin (Marianus Gorman) sometime in the second half of the 12th century. The preface suggests that it was written between Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair Ruaidrí mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair ( Modern Irish: Ruairí Ó Conchúir; anglicized as Rory O'Conor) ( – 2 December 1198) was King of Connacht from 1156 to 1186, and High King of Ireland from 1166 to 1198. He was the last High King o ...'s accession to the high-kingship in 1166 and the death of Gilla meic Liac mac Diarmata (Gelasius. Archbishop of Armagh) in 1 ...
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Rudolf, Count Of Montescaglioso
Rudolf (also ''Rudolph'', ''Ralph'', or ''Raoul'', called ''Maccabeus'', ''Maccabeo'', or ''Maccabees''; died 1108) was the second Norman count of Montescaglioso from the death of his father Robert in 1080. During the three-year period between the death of the Guiscard in 1085 and the peace between his sons Bohemond and Roger Borsa, Rudolph and many other barons took advantage of the fraternal civil war to enhance their own lands and powers. In 1087, Rudolf married Emma (1070–1120), the fourth and youngest daughter of Roger I of Sicily and his first wife Judith d'Évreux. She had previously been briefly engaged to Philip I of France and was then married for some years to William VI, Count of Auvergne. His brother Geoffrey died while on the First Crusade in the battle of Dorlylaeum. When Rudolf died without issue, Emma ruled his territories until her death. In 1124, her half brother Roger II Roger II ( it, Ruggero II; 22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of S ...
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Maccabees (other)
The Maccabees were Jewish rebel warriors who fought against Ancient Greco-Roman Hellenization in the 2nd Century BC. Maccabees may also refer to: Music * The Maccabees (band), English indie rock band * Maccabeez, an affiliate group of the Wu-Tang-Clan Other * Books of the Maccabees, deuterocanonical books * Knights of the Maccabees, fraternal organization * Maccabees Building in Detroit, Michigan * Maccabees, a neighborhood patrol organization in Crown Heights, Brooklyn from 1964 to 1971 See also * Maccabi (other) * Maccabeus (other) * Maccabiah (other) * '' The Maccabaean'', early 20th century American magazine * Maccabaeans * The Maccabeats The Maccabeats are an American Orthodox Jewish all-male a cappella group. Founded in 2007 at Yeshiva University, Manhattan, New York, the 14-member group specializes in covers and parodies of contemporary hits using Jewish-themed lyrics. Their br ...

Maccabi (other)
A Maccabi or Maccabee ( he, מכבי) is one of the Maccabees, a group of Jewish rebel warriors who controlled Judea. Maccabi or Maccabee may also refer to: People * Bruce Maccabee, an American optical physicist * Judas Maccabeus or Judah Maccabee, leader of the Maccabean Revolt Other * Maccabi (sports) or Maccabi World Union, international Jewish sports association ** List of Maccabi sports clubs and organisations * Maccabi Sherutei Briut, an Israeli Health Maintenance Organization * Maccabi youth movement, a Zionist youth movement established in 1929 * Maccabim-Re'ut, a former local council in central Israel * Operation Maccabi, a 1948 military operation * Maccabee (beer), produced by Tempo Beer Industries See also * Maccabees (other) * Maccabeus (other) * Maccabiah (other) Maccabiah may refer to: * Maccabiah Games, a quadrennial international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport competition ** Maccabiah Games by year held ** Maccabiah sports, the sports ...
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