Ricatus

Ricatus

King Ricatus (a Latin form of the name) was a king in Cornwall in the 10th century.

He is known solely from an inscription on a carved stone memorial cross, dated to 1000Charles Thomas. (1986). "Celtic Britain". Ancient Peoples & Places Series. London: Thames & Hudson"] , which now stands in the grounds of Penlee House in Penzance. It reads, "Regis Ricati Crux" - 'The cross of King Ricatus'. [Philip Payton. (1996). "Cornwall". Fowey: Alexander Associates] Because of the late date, Prof. Charles Thomas believes he could have been little more than a local ruler around Land's End. The sixteenth-century Cornish language drama "Beunans Meriasek" ('The Life of St Meriasek') at lines 2463-65 mentions four Cornish kings. The second is called Pygys, which may be a misreading for an earlier *Rygys, the Cornish form of Ricatus.

ee also

*Kingdom of Cornwall
*Cornovii (Cornish)

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