Saint Ewald the Fair

Also known as: Hewald the Fair
Memorial: 3 October
Profile: Priest. Studied in Ireland. Knew Saint Willibrord. Missionary to Saxony with Saint Ewald the Black c.690. Murdered by pagan Saxons who feared to give up the old religion. Martyr.
Born: Northumbria, England
Died: stabbed with a sword c.695 at Aplerbeck, Westphalia
bodies thrown into the Rhine, but they were miraculously moved 40 miles upstream to a place where friends were camping, and they were recovered
relics translated to the church of Saint Cunibert, Cologne, Germany by Duke Pepin of Austrasia
some relics translated to the Premonstratensian monastery of Florennes in the province of Namur in 1121 by Saint Norbert
most relics destroyed by Anabaptists in 1534
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Patronage: Westphalia
Additional Information: Catholic Encyclopedia
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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