Ralph Bocking
Ralph Bocking[a] (died 1270), was an English Dominican friar and a native of Chichester, Sussex. He was known for being Saint Richard's confessor, friend and ultimately his biographer.
Life
Bocking was a Dominican friar and
Bocking's thirteenth-century manuscript containing Richard's biography is housed in the British Museum (MS. Sloane, 1772, ff. 25–70). It was printed in the
His knowledge of the
Saint Richard's prayer
Saint Richard is widely remembered today for a popular prayer, that he recited on his deathbed.[6] Bocking was present and transcribed the prayer and it is now recorded in the Acta Sanctorum. The modern version of the prayer, translated from the original Latin,[b] is:
Day by day,
Dear Lord, of thee three things I pray:
To see thee more clearly,
Love thee more dearly,
Follow thee more nearly,
Day by Day.— Foster 2009, pp. 78–83
Notes
- ^ Also known as Bockyng.[1]
- ^
The original Latin version is:
Gratias tibi ago, Domine Jesu Christe, de omnibus beneficiis quae mihi praestitisti;
pro poenis et opprobriis, quae pro me pertulisti;
propter quae planctus ille lamentabilis vere tibi competebat.
Non est dolor similis sicut dolor meus.
(Acta Sanctorum. Vol 10. Tertia Aprilis. p. 281. Caput III. 18.)— Foster 2009, pp. 78–83
Citations
- ^ Lower 1865, p. 243.
- ^ a b Lawrence 2004.
- ^ Foster 2009, pp. 13, 79.
- ^ a b Kitch 1981, p. 38.
- ^ a b Lee 1885–1900, p. 288.
- ^ Foster 2009, pp. 78–83.
References
- Foster, Paul, ed. (2009). Richard of Chichester (1197–1253). Chichester: University of Chichester. ISBN 978-0-948765-42-1.
- Kitch, M.J., ed. (1981). Studies in Sussex Church History. London: Leopards Head Press. ISBN 0-904920-03-8.
- Lawrence, C.H. (September 2004). "Bocking, Ralph (d. after 1272), Dominican friar and hagiographer". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2747. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Lee, Sidney (1885–1900). Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 288. .
- OCLC 249704190.