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.


Sunday, 17 May 2026

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Chester


The next stage on the Pilgrimage is in what was in the medieval era the Benedictine abbey of St Werbergh, and which has been since 1541 Chester Cathedral.

My post from last year, and as usual with links to previous years and other websites, about the devotional statue of Our Lady in the south choir aisle can be found at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Chester
 

Chester Cathedral from the south-east.
 The aisle which contained the statue of Our Lady is centre right. The apse at its end is a Victorian reconstruction 

Image: Cheshire Life  



The cathedral in 1865 before its drasticVictorian restoration 

Image: AbeBooks 


May Our Lady of Chester intercede for us and our intentions

Jesu mercy, Mary pray

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