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We are not informed tvhere he was slain, and it is probable 

 that this is the Indract of William of Malmesbury's Legend. 

 Nothing more likely than that after having been abbot for a 

 while, the desire came on him to visit the holy sites, and that for 

 this purpose he traversed Wessex, and halted in Cornwall where 

 the British tongue was spoken. The massacre can not have been 

 complete ; some of the pilgrims must have escaped, and the 

 matter was brought to the ears, not of Ina, but of Ethelulf , the 

 father of Alfred the Grreat. 



That Indract did visit Cornwall is shown by the church of 

 Landrake bearing his name (Llan Indract), and by the existence 

 of his chapel and holy well at Halton in his sister's foundation, 

 on the Tamar. Some fragments of the chapel remain with some 

 fine ilex trees by it, conceivably scions of that tree which William 

 of Malmesbury tells us existed in his day, and was held to have 

 originated out of the staff of the saint. The Holy Well is in 

 good order, and, though possessing no architectural beauty, is 

 picturesquely situated under a large cherry tree. The water is 

 of excellent quality and is unfailing. Water for baptisms in S. 

 Dominick is drawn from this well, although situated at a consider- 

 able distance from the parish church. 



Dr. Oliver gives the chapel as dedicated to S. Ilduict 

 (Monast, p. 438). This is one of his many blunders. The MS. 

 of Bishoj^ Stafford's Register from which he drew his information 

 gives the chapel as that " Sancti Ildracti." Ildract is, of course, 

 Indract (March 6, 1418-9), but in this entry the mistake is made 

 by the Registrar of making the Saint a Confessor instead of a 

 Martyr. 



Landrake in Bishop Stapeldon's Register, 1327, is Lanracke. 

 In Domesday it is Riccan. It is now popularly called Larrick. 

 The church is supposed to be dedicated to S. Peter, and the 

 village feast is held on June 29, S. Peter's day. The name, 

 however, and the situation, near S. Dominick, favour the idea that 

 it was a foundation of S. Indract. 



The day of SS. Indract and Dominica, according to Whytford 

 and Wilson, is May 8. 



The Bollandists give February 5, on the worthless authority 

 of Challoner. 



