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.


Monday, 26 May 2025

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Winchester


The second Hampshire shrine on the itinerary is that of Our Lady of Winchester in the cathedral in the heart of the city.

My article about this from last year links back to the first one I wrote about this shrine, in 2020, about Bishop William of Wykeham’s strong personal devotion to an image in the cathedral, and also about what survives of the statues, including that of the Virgin and Child, from the great High Altar reredos. Last year I also wrote about the surviving Marian imagery in the stained glass from the 1390s in Wykeham’s neighbouring educational foundation Winchester College.

These articles can be seen and accessed from Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Winchester


May Our Lady of Winchester pray for Pope Leo XIV

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