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Rocco Rochus Rock Rollox Roque
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.
1327 at Montpelier or Angleria, France of natural causes relics in Venice and Rome, Italy, and at Arles, France
against cholera against epidemics against knee problems against plague against skin diseases against skin rashes Albaredo d'Adige, Italy bachelors Balzola, Italy Barano, Italy Carbonara Scrivia, Italy Casalnoceto, Italy Castropignano, Italy Cereseto, Alessandria, Italy Constantinople diseased cattle dogs falsely accused people invalids Istanbul Labico, Italy Lillianes, Italy Orsogna, Italy Patricia, Italy Pozzi, Italy relief from pestilence Rocca Priora, Italy Subic Bay Freeport, Philippines Tagbilaran, Philippines, diocese of surgeons tile makers
angel bread dog pilgrim with staff, often displaying a plague sore on his leg pilgrim with a dog pilgrim with a dog licking the plague spot
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate Catholic Online New Catholic Dictionary Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson San Rocco Cultural Committee, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA