ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS OCTOBER 3 Sts. Ewald and Ewald, 695 A.D. Martyred Northumbrian brothers

 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS OCTOBER 3 

Sts. Ewald and Ewald, 695 A.D. Martyred Northumbrian brothers, one called “the Fair” and one called “the Dark,” companions of St. Willibrord. From Northumbria, they were educated in Ireland. These priests of the Benedictine Order went with Willibrord to Frisia, Netherlands. They were martyred together at Aplerbeke, near Dortmund, Germany, by local pagans.