(BEGINNING OF 8TH CENT.)
[Ancient English Martyrologies. Authority:--William of Malmesbury,
and Capgrave.]
Of old, on the 5th of February, were commemorated in the famous
monastery of Glastonbury, S. Indract, S. Dominica, and nine
companions, martyrs. He was of royal extraction, son of one of the
kings of Ireland; but quitted all this world could give for the love
of God. He left his country, with his sister Dominica or Drusa, and
seven, or according to another account nine, companions, and settled
at Skipwith near Glastonbury, in Somersetshire, where they lived a
retired and eremitical life. At length, some wicked men, thinking to
meet with great booty, murdered them at night; and to conceal their
villainy, cast the bodies into a deep pit. But a column of light
standing over the place warned the neighbours that some sacred bodies
lay there, and the relics were removed to Glastonbury, in the reign of
king Ina.