OPENED AFTER 834 YEARS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 109, 4 November 1926, Page 16

OPENED AFTER 834 YEARS

To set at rest doubts which have existed for centuries as to the exact resting place of Bishop Kemigius, the founder of Lincoln Cathedral, who died in 1092, his reputed tomb in the cathedral choir has been opened in the presence of the dean, preceptor, and sub-dean. A leaden coffin was found containing a skeleton in a good state of preservation; as well as a chalice and a fragment of a crozier. There were no traces of vestments or clothing, but the small size of the coffin—only 51in long, 16 wide, and 11 deep, make it practically certain that the remains are those of Remigius, who was traditionally noted for his small stature. He died four days before the cathedral was consecrated, and was originally buried in the nave, but the remains were later moved more than once. Nothing was disturbed, and the tomb was sealed up again. Remigius, while almoner of Fecamp, contributed a ship and 20 knights to William the Conqueror's force for the invasion of England in 1067. He was consecrated Bishop of Dorchester —in Oxfordshire —a see which he transferred to Lincoln in 1073, in consequence of the decree of the previous year issued by the council of Windsor.