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 Pity in the Rock at Dover


The pilgrimage now spends a day in Kent at four shrines. The first is that of Our Lady of Pity in the Rock at Dover, and this was clearly frequented by travellers to and from the continent. From its designation it was clearly another Pièta, which were clearly quite frequent in late medieval England.

My post about it from last year can be seen at
May Our Lady of Pity in the Rock at Dover pray for Pope Leo XIV

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