Christian feast day: Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair

Two Hewalds

Christian missionaries in 690s Germany

The 'Two Hewalds' were Saint Hewald the Black and Saint Hewald the White, martyrs in Old Saxony about 692. Both bore the same name, but were distinguished by the difference in the colour of their hair and complexions. They began their mission labours about 690 at the ancient…