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.


Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Jesmond


Moving further north the next stop on the Pilgrimage is the now ruined twelfth century chapel at Jesmond in the western suburbs of Newcastle upon Tyne. This was the focus of devotion to Our Lady of Jesmond, a tradition which still retains some vitality.

My original post about the chapel and its appeal to pilgrims can be seen at St Mary’s Chapel Jesmond

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

 
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