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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 1000[1], which now stands in the grounds of Penlee House in Penzance. It reads, "Regis Ricati Crux" - 'The cross of King Ricatus'.[1][2] Because of the late date, Prof. Charles Thomas believes he could have been little more than a local ruler around Land's End[1]. 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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- ^ a b c Charles Thomas. (1986). Celtic Britain. Ancient Peoples & Places Series. London: Thames & Hudson
- ^ Philip Payton. (1996). Cornwall. Fowey: Alexander Associates
