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.


Friday, 13 December 2024

The Crown of Thorns returns to Notre-Dame


The BBC News website reports that the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns has been ceremonially returned to the cathedral of Notre-Dame following the rededication ceremonies last weekend. The short article can be seen at Notre-Dame: Crown of Thorns returns to cathedral after reopening

There is film of the exposition and veneration of the relic earlier this year in Paris at Sainte Couronne : l'ostension avant son retour à Notre-Dame

Wikipedia has an illustrated history of the Crown and the way in which individual thorns were detached and distributed in the past. It can be read at Crown of thorns



The Reliquary of the Crown of Thorns
Image: Wikipedia 


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