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Nearly all that is known of him is from Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, which describes the invasion of the Isle of Wight by Cædwalla, King of Wessex.

It is unclear what Arwald's heritage was, but it is speculated that he was Jutish and was a local Island warlord.

Arwald was killed in battle, but his two sons escaped to the Great Ytene Forest (now called the New Forest). They were betrayed to Cædwalla and taken to a place where he "was in hiding with his wounds" at Stoneham, near Southampton. Shortly before they were put to the sword they allegedly converted to Christianity by the intervention of Abbot Cynibert of Hreutford,[4] being described by Bede as "the first fruits" of the massacre because of this conversion. Cædwalla later died of wounds sustained during his invasion.

Though venerated as saints, their names are unknown, but they are called collectively "St. Arwald" after their father. Their feast day is 22 April.[5]

Arwald's unnamed sister survived, as the wife of the king of Kent. She is a direct ancestor of Alfred the Great