Inscriptions: St Edmund of Abingdon
The above inscription to Edmund Rich (St Edmund of Abingdon) is fixed to the outside wall of the former Church of St Peter-in-the-East in Queen’s Lane. It reads:
St Edmund of Abingdon
The first Master and Theologian of the University to
become Archbishop of Canterbury taught in and around
this Church of St Peter-in-the-East during the years
1195–1201 and 1214–1222.
This statue by Rodney Munday was presented by the
St Edmund Hall Association in 2007 on the fiftieth anniversary
of the Royal Charter being granted to the College.
St Peter-in-the-East Church is now the library of St Edmund Hall, but the statue can be seen without entering the college: the photograph below was taken through the gate.
Wikipedia: Edmund Rich