HE was converted to the faith by St. Anscharius, and for his zeal in propagating the same, and because in the time of a great famine he could not be compelled to offer sacrifice to the idols of Upsal, was sacrificed to them by the rebellious inhabitants of Birca, at that time the usual residence of the kings of Sweden. From the ruins of Birca, Stockholm took its rise, though built at a considerable distance from it. See Puffendorf’s History of Sweden, t. 1, p. 70. 1
Butler’s Lives of the Saints
Nothing has changed. Masks, social distancing and pretending natural immunity is not a thing are the new “pinch of incense” to the gods.
Related. From 1107 AD to 1111 AD, Norwegian King Sigurd I {Jorsalfare] Magnusson was the first Christian European monarch to lead a Crusade. They sailed their long ships along the coasts to the Holy Land. They participated in the siege and capture of Sidon.