Saint Ewald the Black

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Saint Ewald the Black was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and martyr, venerated alongside his brother Ewald the Fair for their evangelizing work among the pagan Saxons in what is now Germany.

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Saint Ewald the Fair 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon missionary
Christian saint
activity evangelizing pagan Saxons
associatedWith Christianization of the Germanic peoples NERFINISHED
missionary efforts in Westphalia
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
centuryOfActivity 7th century
centuryOfDeath 7th century
commemoratedOn 3 October
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Northumbria NERFINISHED
deathCause beheading
drowning
martyrdom
denomination Catholic Church NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons NERFINISHED
feastDay 3 October
hasAttribute called “the Black” to distinguish him from his fair-haired brother
hasBrother Saint Ewald the Fair NERFINISHED
hasLatinNameForm Ewaldus Niger NERFINISHED
hasTitle martyr
missionary to the Saxons
honorificPrefix Saint
languageOfName Latin
martyrdomLocation in Saxon territory
near the River Lippe
notableWork mission to the pagan Saxons
occupation missionary
priest
placeOfMission Old Saxony NERFINISHED
region of modern Germany
regionOfVeneration England NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
religiousOrderOrTraining trained at Irish monastic schools
trained in Ireland
rememberedFor dying for the Christian faith
zeal in preaching the Gospel
sexOrGender male
sibling Saint Ewald the Fair NERFINISHED
timePeriod Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED
veneratedAlongside Saint Ewald the Fair NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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Ewald associatedWith Saint Ewald the Black
Ewald associatedWith Saint Ewald the Black
this entity surface form: Saint Ewald the Fair