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, 10 May 2026

Our Lady of Grace in Cambridge


The next stage of the Pilgrimage is in Cambridge with the statue of Our Lady in the Dominican friary church.

The site of the friary is now occupied by Emmanuel College, which was founded in 1584. The hall of the College is built on the foundations of the nave of the friar’s church. In 1850 a carved figure of the Virgin and Child was found in the College and given by it to the Catholic parish church, the immensely impressive masterpiece of Victorian gothic that is Our Lady and the English Martyrs. As a building that is very well worth while making a slight detour from the city centre to visit. Wikipedia has a history of the church at Our_Lady_and_the_English_Martyrs_Church
It is not entirely clear if this is the same statue that was venerated as Our Lady of Grace in Cambridge, but it is certainly a link to the monastery that housed the shrine.


The statue of the Virgin and Child found in Emmanuel College and now in Our Lady and the English Martyrs

Image: Wikipedia Commons

My post from last year with the links to those from previous years can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Grace in Cambridge

May Our Lady of Grace in Cambridge pray for us and our intentions 

Jesu mercy, Mary pray

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