The Historian lived between late fourth mellenium and the early fifth mellennium, sometime between the fourtieth and fourty-fifth centuries. Little is known about his early life. However, it is generally assumed that his death came before the fourty-sixth century, as his writings contain no mention of St. S, The Anchorite of Eridan, or Lina, The Pilgrim, which are now considered important aspects of Eridani and Church history. He is known for his groundbreaking work, A Final Ecclesiastical History, which documents the history of the Church beyond Earth from the late third mellennium to the early fifth mellennium.
C.H. Edwards, born in 5049 in Mundford, England, is the foremost scholar on Eridani Studies and fourth mellennium Church history. She was a Classics student at the University of Norfolk, where she graduated with honors. She completed her doctorate at the same university, writing her dissertaion on the history of the Martian SCRIBAL Archives. She currently lives in Phaethontis, Mars where she teaches Earth and Scribal Classics at the University of Aonia. She is fifty-one years old.
Gordon P. Bextrum was born in 4428 in Hellas, Mars and studied theology and ecclesiastical history at University of Noachis and the Martian Scribal Institute, located in Kasei in the Mare Acidalium quadrangle. His work as a historian and editor makes him one of the most important modern church scholars. He is responsible for bringing the works of St. S, Aeliana and Benedicto Vox's 4476 manuscript discoveries to the public. His previous works include translated, edited, and revised editions of The Life Of Benedicto Vox, The Historian Manuscripts, The Martian Chronicles, The Travels of Lina, the Pilgrim, and Revelations of a Scribal Faith. He died in 4518 at the age of ninety.
Benedicto Vox, born in the 4370s, was a monk at Saint Selene Abbey. He revised and completed an updated version of the book then known as Quaternary Texts, though the contents varied from what that term entails today. He is best known for his advocacy of Saint Selene's canonization as well as being credited for the discovery of lost manuscripts in 4476. However, his direct involvement of the discovery has been questioned in recent years. The date and location of his death is not known.