The new church of St Edmund of Abingdon[1] and St Frideswide[2] stands south of the point where Jackdaw Lane joins the Iffley Road. It was designed by Father Benedict Williamson as a chapel of ease to the Jesuit church of St Aloysius.[3] It was handed over to the Capuchins[4] in 1931 when they opened a house of studies next to it. (From Goulder, Pilgrimage Pamphlets: Oxford & Cambridge, 1963)
Greyfriars is now a ‘Permanent Private Hall’ (a small college) of Oxford University, and the church has been promoted to the status of a parish church. See their site.
[1] Archbishop of Canterbury 1234-1240. Edmund Rich.
[2] For information about her see pp. 27-28 infra.
[3] Lived 1568-1591. Jesuit. Aloysius Gonzaga. The Society of Jesus was founded by St Ignatius Loyola (lived 1491-1556) in 1539.
[4] Capuchin reform of the Franciscan order dates from 1525. Like most reforms, it claimed to be a return to more primitive observance. The tunic is a lighter brown than that of the Friars Minor and has the hood joined to it, not separate as with other Franciscans. The usual cord and sandals are worn and the friars are bearded.
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