The `` Maccabees '' described in these books are not those of the Hasmonean dynasty , and the `` Five Holy Maccabean Martyrs '' here do not match `` Woman with seven sons '' , who were also called `` Maccabees '' and are revered throughout Orthodoxy as the `` Holy Maccabean Martyrs '' . The `` Maccabees '' described in these books are not those of the Hasmonean dynasty , and the `` Five Holy Maccabean Martyrs '' here do not correspond to the martyred `` Woman with seven sons '' , who were also referred to as `` Maccabees '' and are revered throughout Orthodoxy as the `` Holy Maccabean Martyrs '' .