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 27 August 2024

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady “of Ardenbergh” at Great Yarmouth



The most easterly shrine on the pilgrimage is now reached at the Priory of St Nicholas in Great Yarmouth. This was both a cell of the Benedictine cathedral in Norwich and the town parish church. As a result the building claims to be the largest parochial church in the country. 

As I explain in my notes from previous years the centre of devotion to the Low Countries Our Lady of Ardenbergh was in a separate chapel in the churchyard. These notes can be accessed at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady ‘of Ardenbergh’ at Great Yarmouth

May Our Lady of Ardenbergh pray for The King and all the Royal Family and for us all


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