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, 24 January 2026

King Louis XVI - remembrance and commemoration




King Louis XVI

Image: Turtledove Wiki

This past week has seen a number of Masses and other events in France to mark the anniversary of the regicide of King Louis XVI on January 21st 1793.

There is a video of the Solemn Requiem celebrated at the church of St Eugène et Ste Cécile in Paris on the anniversary which can be seen at Messe solennelle de Requiem pour Louis XVI - REQUIEM ÆTERNAM

This is a regular feature of the liturgical calendar of this centre for liturgical and musical excellence, and I have linked in previous years to such celebrations.

The website Les Lys de France has a list of all such liturgical commemorations being held over the week and it can be seen at Messes pour Louis XVI et pour la famille royale – Les Lys de France

The website appears to be a useful resource for anyone interested in French royalism and I have signed up to it.

The Mass at the Chapelle Expiatoire - usually the liturgical focus of the Legitimist Anjou Royalists for this anniversary, and the Duke is shown arriving and leaving - is featured on X  by the well known Irish Catholic journalist Mary Kenny at Mary Kenny (@MaryKenny4)

Finally I came across an article by the indefatigable American Traditionalist Catholic and Monarchist Charles A. Coulombe which reflects upon the January anniversaries of King Louis XVI and King Charles I.


Vive le Roi!


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