(A.D. 840.)
[From the Life of S. Anskar, c. 6; Adam of Bremen, Hist. Eccl. lib. i.]
Nithard, nephew of Bishop Gauzbert, accompanied him in his mission to
the Swedes; at first he was heard with patience, but the wild pagans,
enraged at his denunciation of their worship of Thorr and Odin, burst
into the house where he was, and killed him.