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, 16 May 2025

Marian pilgrimage - Our Lady of Furness


The pilgrimage now crosses the Pennines to the Furness district of Lancashire and the shrine at the sizeable Cistercian foundation of  Furness Abbey.

My post from last year about this devotion can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Furness

May Our Lady of Furness pray for Pope Leo XIV

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