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.


Saturday 27 May 2023

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Caversham


Opposite Reading, on the north bank of the Thames, lay the shrine of Our Lady of Caversham. 

This is one of the best documented of the Marian shrines of medieval England, being in existence by 1106, and perhaps with an Anglo-Saxon origin. Its restoration over the last century and more has resulted in an exquisite stone chapel from the 1950s in the style of the twelfth century attached to the otherwise architecturally rather undistinguished Edwardian brick Catholic parish church and contains a beautiful statue that is displayed with skill and charm. 

My post about the history of this shrine, with various links, is accessible through last year’s link at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Caversham

Our Lady of Caversham pray for The King and The Queen and for us all.


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