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.


Saturday, 10 May 2025

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Grace in Cambridge


The Pilgrimage now continues to the other ancient seat of academic learning in England with a visit to Cambridge.

The description of the image as Our Lady of Grace links it to others along the route, and I wrote about this title in the post about the image in St Paul’s. As I indicated there evidence suggests that such images may have been of the Virgin and Child rather than the free-standing image more usually associated with the title today.

My article, together with various links, from last year can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Grace in Cambridge


May Our Lady of Grace in Cambridge pray for Pope Leo XIV


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