Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Wednesday, 19 October 2022

Royal prayers to St Frideswide in 1518


Those of us bloggers with an Oxford connection seem to be very busy today honouring the feast day of St Frideswide. In his virtually inimitable way Fr Hunwicke brings an illuminating vignette from the past to life in his post about Queen Catherine of Aragon seeking the intercession of St Frideswide in 1518. 


Shrine of St FrideswideThe base for the 
shrine of St Frideswide as restored to its original position in recent years in Christ Church
Cathedral. To the right can be seen the watching loft to supervise the safety of the chapel and relics.

Image: Christ Church Oxford

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