What fairer light is this than time itself doth own

Author: Elpis

Elpis, first wife of the celebrated philosopher Boethius, was the daughter of Festus, Consul at Rome, 472, and sister of the mother of St. Placidus, a disciple of St. Benedict. The hymn "Aurea luce et decore roseo" (q. v.) is usually, but somewhat uncertainly, attributed to her. Others also bear her name. She died at an early age, at Padua. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)… Go to person page >

Translator (stanzas 1, 2, and 5): Ronald Arbuthnot Knox

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Translator (stanzas 3, 4, and 6): Thomas Isaac Ball

Thomas Isaac Ball was Provost of Cathedral of The Isles and Collegiate Church of the Holy Spirit, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae from 1892 until his death on 3 August 1916. Ball was ordained in 1866 and served curacies and incumbencies in Edinburgh. He lived in a flat at 12 Hill Square in Edinburgh's South Side. Go to person page >