Saint Roch or Rocco (Arabic: روكز; Latin: Rochus; Catalan: Roc; Italian: Rocco; French: Roch; Maltese: Rokku; Spanish and Portuguese: Roque; German: Rochus; Slovene and Croatian: Rok; Dalmatian: Roko; Hungarian: Rókus; Greek: Pókkou); lived c.1348 - 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c.1295 – 16 August 1327), also known as Rock or Rocco in English, was a Christian saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague.
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| - Saint Roch or Rocco (Arabic: روكز; Latin: Rochus; Catalan: Roc; Italian: Rocco; French: Roch; Maltese: Rokku; Spanish and Portuguese: Roque; German: Rochus; Slovene and Croatian: Rok; Dalmatian: Roko; Hungarian: Rókus; Greek: Pókkou); lived c.1348 - 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c.1295 – 16 August 1327), also known as Rock or Rocco in English, was a Christian saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague.
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| - Invoked against: cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases. Patron Saint of: bachelors, diseased cattle, dogs, falsely accused people, invalids, surgeons, tile-makers, gravediggers, second-hand dealers, pilgrims, apothecaries
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| - by popular fervour; added to the Roman Martyrology by Pope Gregory XIV
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| - Church of San Rocco, Venice, Italy
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| - Wound on thigh, dog offering bread
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| - The Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, Episcopal Churches
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| - Saint Roch or Rocco (Arabic: روكز; Latin: Rochus; Catalan: Roc; Italian: Rocco; French: Roch; Maltese: Rokku; Spanish and Portuguese: Roque; German: Rochus; Slovene and Croatian: Rok; Dalmatian: Roko; Hungarian: Rókus; Greek: Pókkou); lived c.1348 - 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c.1295 – 16 August 1327), also known as Rock or Rocco in English, was a Christian saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague.
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