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, 23 April 2026

St George’s Day



 
St George and the Dragon
Rogier van der Weyden
1432-35
National Gallery of Art, Washington 


Looking online I came upon a blog post by Professor Sarah Peverley about the cult of St George in later medieval England. It is quite short but includes a range of themes and insights, as well as some good illustrations. It can accessed at Saint George

May St George ever pray for England, its people and institutions, and for all who seek his intercession.
 
St George, Pray for us!






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