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.


Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Kersey


The next stop on the Pilgrimage is the parish church of St Mary at Kersey.

My post on this shrine from last year, again with links to my previous piece about the devotion, can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Kersey

The Suffolk Churches website has a lengthy and illustrated account of the church at Suffolk Churches

Their essay includes a translation of the 1464 grant of an indulgence to pilgrims by Pope Pius II. The text of the bull implies that the church was attracting considerable numbers of pilgrims and that miracles were frequent occurrences.


Kersey Church
The tower was completed in 1481

Image: Wikipedia 


The interior of the church
The mutilated niche which contained the statue of Our Lady of Pity can be seen on the left on the outer wall of the north aisle

Image: Geograph - Michael Garlick

May Our Lady of Kersey intercede for us and our intentions

Jesu mercy, Mary pray


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