Roch

Saint Roch
Saint Roch
Pilgrim
Born	c. 1348 (trad. 1295) Montpellier, Kingdom of Majorca
Died	15/16 August 1376/79 Voghera, County of Savoy (trad. 1327, Montpellier)
Venerated in	Catholic Church (Third Order of Saint Francis) Anglican Communion Aglipayan Church
Canonized	by popular fervour; added to the Roman Martyrology by Pope Gregory XIV (1590–1591)
Major shrine	San Rocco, Venice, Italy
Feast	August 16, August 17 by the Third Order of St. Francis
Attributes	Wound on thigh, dog offering bread
Patronage	Potenza, Italy. Girifalco, Italy. Invoked against: cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases. Patron Saint of: bachelors, diseased cattle, dogs, falsely accused people, invalids, Istanbul, surgeons, tile-makers, gravediggers, second-hand dealers, pilgrims, apothecaries

Saint Roch or Rocco (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327)) was a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague. He may also be called Rock in English, and has the designation of St Rollox in Glasgow, Scotland, said to be a corruption of St Roch's Loch. He is a patron saint of dogs, falsely accused people, bachelors, and several other things.

Saint Roch is given different names in various languages: (Arabic: روكز‎‎; Albanian: Shën Rroku; German and Latin: Rochus; Occitan: Ròc; Catalan/Valencian: Roc; Italian: Rocco; French: Roch; Maltese: Rokku; Polish: Roch; Spanish, Filipino and Portuguese: Roque; Slovak: Roch or Rochus; Slovene: Rok; Croatian: Rok or Roko; Hungarian: Rókus; Greek: Ρόκκος; Lithuanian: Rokas).

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