Ricatus
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King Ricatus was a king
in Cornwall
in the 10th century.
He is known solely from an inscription on a carved stone memorial cross, dated to 1000, which now stands in the grounds of Penlee House in Penzance
. It reads, "Regis Ricati Crux" - 'The cross of King Ricatus'. 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.
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in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
in the 10th century.
He is known solely from an inscription on a carved stone memorial cross, dated to 1000, which now stands in the grounds of Penlee House in Penzance
Penzance
Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...
. It reads, "Regis Ricati Crux" - 'The cross of King Ricatus'. Because of the late date, Prof. Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas (historian)
Antony Charles Thomas, CBE, FSA is a British historian and archaeologist who was Professor of Cornish Studies at Exeter University, and the first Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies, from 1971 until his retirement in 1991...
believes he could have been little more than a local ruler around Land's End
Land's End
Land's End is a headland and small settlement in west Cornwall, England, within the United Kingdom. It is located on the Penwith peninsula approximately eight miles west-southwest of Penzance....
. The sixteenth-century Cornish language drama Beunans Meriasek
Beunans Meriasek
Beunans Meriasek is a Cornish play completed in 1504. Its subject is the legends of the life of Saint Meriasek or Meriadoc, patron saint of Camborne, whose veneration was popular in Cornwall, Brittany, and elsewhere...
('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.