Saint Roch

[Saint Roch]
Also known as

  • Roc
  • Rocco
  • Rochus
  • Rock
  • Rocke
  • Rollox
  • Roque

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French noble who early developed a sympathy for the poor and sick; reported to have been born with the image of a red cross on his breast. Orphaned at age 20, he gave his fortune to the poor, and became a mendicant pilgrim; may have been a Franciscan tertiary. While on pilgrimage Roch encountered an area afflicted with plague. He stayed to minister to the sick, and affected several miraculous cures, usually by making the sign of the cross over them, but contracted the plague himself. He walked into a forest to die, but was befriended by a dog. The dog fed him with food stolen from his master’s table, and Roch eventually recovered.

When Roch returned to Montpellier, France, he was arrested for being a spy. He languished in jail for five years, never mentioning his noble connections, cared for by an angel until his death.

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Category: Born in 1295, Died in 1327, Emblem: Angel, Emblem: Bread, Emblem: Dog, Emblem: Pilgrim, Emblem: Plague, Emblem: Staff, Memorial 16 August, Name: Roc, Name: Rocco, Name: Roch, Name: Rochus, Name: Rock, Name: Rocke, Name: Rollox, Name: Roque, Saints Beati and Venerables, Saints who were Lifelong Lay People, patrons against cholera, patrons against diseased cattle, patrons against epidemics, patrons against knee trouble, patrons against plague, patrons against skin diseases, patrons against skin rashes, patrons for relief from pestilence, patrons of Albaredo d'Adige Italy, patrons of Asturias Philippines, patrons of Balzola Italy, patrons of Barano Italy, patrons of Carbonara Scrivia Italy, patrons of Casalnoceto Italy, patrons of Castelnuovo Don Bosco Italy, patrons of Castropignano Italy, patrons of Cereseto Italy, patrons of Constantinople, patrons of Dusino San Michele Italy, patrons of Istanbul Turkey, patrons of Labico Italy, patrons of Lillianes Italy, patrons of Orsogna Italy, patrons of Patricia Italy, patrons of Potenza Italy, patrons of Pozzi Italy, patrons of Rocca Priora Italy, patrons of Subic Bay Freeport Philippines, patrons of bachelors, patrons of diseased cattle, patrons of dogs, patrons of falsely accused people, patrons of invalids, patrons of single laymen, patrons of surgeons, patrons of the diocese of Tagbilaran Philippines, patrons of tile makers  |  Trackback