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.


Thursday, 22 May 2025

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Aylesford


The final shrine on today’s stage is in the west of Kent at the Carmelite Priory at Aylesford. The village lies on the Medway - the river that divides the Men of Kent to the east from the Kentishmen to the west. 

Wikipedia has an illustrated introduction to the village and its history at Aylesford

My post about the shrine from last year links back to my first one about this shrine from 2021 at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Aylesford

May Our Lady of Aylesford pray for Pope Leo XiV

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