Elizabeth Rundle Charles (1828–1896) was an English Anglican novelist, poet, and hymn writer. Born in Tavistock, Devon, she wrote more than fifty books, including The Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family and Martyrs and Saints of the First Twelve Centuries. She also translated hymns and took an active part in charitable work.
St. Edmund the Martyr. November 20. (Born A.D. 840; martyred A.D. 870. Calendars: Sarum, Scotch, Hereford. Sarum Ep. and Gosp.: Eccles. xxxi. 8–11; St. Luke xiv. 26–33.) Four English martyrs are in our Calendar, from four successive centuries, who fell on English ground, besides the great missionary bishop who died by the hands of the…
St. Hugh Of Lincoln.1 November 17. (Born A.D. 1140; died A.D. 1200. Sarum Ep. and Gosp.: Eccles. xl. 1–5; St. Mark xiii. 33–37.) We come out again into daylight and fresh air in a wide and solid world. St. Hugh was of an old Burgundian house, the lords of Avalon, near Grenoble. ‘Early,’ says his…
St. Machutus (St. Malo, St. Mawes) Of Brittany. November 15. (Calendars: Sarum, York, Hereford, Aberdeen. Died A.D. 564. Sarum Ep. and Gosp.: Ecclus. xliv. 17, 20–32, xlv. 6, 7, 15, 16; St. Luke xix. 12–28.) St. Machutus has an especial interest for us, because he is the only saint retained in our Calendar of that…
For the November 11 commemoration of St. Martin of Tours, we reproduce Elizabeth Rundle Charles’s account of the bishop’s charity, missionary labours, and witness to Christ. St. Martin Of Tours. November 11, and July 4. (Born, A.D. 317; died, A.D. 401. Calendars: all. Nov. 11. Sarum Ep. and Gosp.: Ecclus. xliv. 17, 20,…
For October 25, Elizabeth Rundle Charles recounts the witness of SS. Crispin and Crispinian, the brothers of Soissons, and the dignity of faithful work.