Yohannan HaCohen, High Priest

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Yohannan HaCohen, High Priest

Hebrew: יוחנן הכהן, High Priest
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Israel
Death: Israel
Immediate Family:

Son of Shimon HaCohen, "the Hasmonean" and wife, Simon HaCohen Hasmoneus
Husband of wife, Yohanan HaCohen
Father of Mattathias ben Yochanan Maccabeus

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About Yohannan HaCohen, High Priest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattathias

History of Mattathias:

The father of Judah and the other Maccabee leaders, Mattathias was from a rural priestly family from Modi'in. Like all fit priests, he served in the Temple in Jerusalem. He was a son of Yohannan, grandson of Simeon, the Hasmonean, and great-grandson of Asmon or Hasmonaeus, a Levite of the lineage of Joarib for being the 5th grandson of Idaiah, son of Joarib and grandson of Jachin, in turn a descendant of Phinehas, 3rd High Priest of Israel, according to Mattathias' own words in I Maccabees.