Arthur Machen was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons, a popular legend about a group of angels who supposedly protected members of what army?
Arthur Machen Arthur Machen ( ; 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella "The Great God Pan" (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror (Stephen King has called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language"). He is also well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.
Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (Latin: "Ordo Militaris et Hospitalis Sancti Lazari Hierosolymitani") is a Christian ecumenical lay order statuted in 1910 by a council of Catholics in Paris, France, initially under the protection of Patriarch Cyril VIII Jaha of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.