Saint Rocco
| Saint Roch | |
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Saint Roch
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| 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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