John Mason Neale


John Mason Neale
Born24 January 1818
London, England
Died6 August 1866 (1866-08-07) (aged 48)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained1841
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John Mason Neale
Sainthood
Feast day7 August
Venerated inAnglican Communion

John Mason Neale (24 January 1818 – 6 August 1866) was an English Anglican priest, scholar, and hymnwriter. He worked and wrote on a wide range of holy Christian texts, including obscure medieval hymns, both Western and Eastern. Among his most famous hymns is the 1853 Good King Wenceslas, set on Boxing Day. An Anglo-Catholic, Neale's works have found positive reception in high-church Anglicanism and Western Rite Orthodoxy.[1][2]

  1. ^ "John Mason Neale". London: The Catholic Literature Association. 1933. Retrieved 28 July 2021 – via Project Canterbury.
  2. ^ "Neale Commentary on the Psalms". Glendale, CO: Lancelot Andrewes Press. Retrieved 28 July 2021.