Queen Elizabeth I / en Thomas Neal (c. 1519–c. 1590): Catholic, Priest, Scholar /node/2142 Thomas Neal (c. 1519–c. 1590): Catholic, Priest, Scholar Thomas Neal Issue number (2020): 14 Notes category Thomas Neal Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church 16thC history Queen Elizabeth I

On 2 September 1566 Thomas Neal—Catholic, Hebraist, and ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford fellow—was presented to Elizabeth I during her six-day visit to Oxford.  Neal achieved many things in his life as a scholar. But most impressively of all, however, he remained faithful to his vocation as a Catholic priest in the most turbulent and dangerous times.

 

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I [detail], oil on panel (c. 1575)
By an unknown continental artist
NPG 2082 © National Portrait Gallery

 

National Portrait Gallery, London
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