Saint Roch

Saint

Roch
Saint; Roch
	Saint Roch by Francesco Francia
Confessor
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 ; Anglican Communion; Aglipayan Church
Canonized	by popular fervour; added to the Roman Martyrology by Pope Gregory XIV
Feast	16 August; 17 August (Third Order of Saint Francis)
Attributes	Wound on thigh, dog offering bread, Pilgrim's hat, Pilgrim's staff
Patronage	Invoked against: cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases Patron of: bachelors, diseased cattle, dogs, falsely accused people, invalids, Istanbul, surgeons, tile-makers, grave-diggers, second-hand dealers, pilgrims, apothecaries Sarmato, Altare, and Girifalco (Italy); Pateros, Cavite City and Caloocan as well as Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija, Cordova and Asturias in Cebu (Philippines);

Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79; traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327),^[a] also called Rock in English, was a Majorcan Catholic confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he was especially invoked against the plague. He has the designation of Rollox in Glasgow, Scotland, said to be a corruption of Roch's Loch, which referred to a small loch once near a chapel dedicated to Roch in 1506.^[2]^[3]

He is a patron saint of dogs, invalids, falsely accused people, bachelors, and several other things. He is the patron saint of Dolo (near Venice) and Parma, as well as Casamassima, Cisterna di Latina and Palagiano (Italy).^[4] He is also the patron saint of the town of Albanchez, in Almeria, southern Spain.

Saint Roch is known as "São Roque" in Portuguese, as "Sant Roc" in Catalan, as "San Roque" in Spanish (including in former colonies of the Spanish colonial empire such as the Philippines) and as "San Rocco" in Italian.

^ "Patron Saints Index: Saint Roch". Saints.sqpn.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
^ "Garngad & Royston". Royston Road. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
^ "Our History", St. Rollox Church of Scotland, Glasgow, strollox.co.uk. Accessed 27 February 2022.
^ "The Church of Santa Croce, what to see a Casamassima". Borghi magazine. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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[1] "Patron Saints Index: Saint Roch". Saints.sqpn.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2012-02-22.

[3] "Garngad & Royston". Royston Road. Retrieved 2016-06-01.

[4] "Our History", St. Rollox Church of Scotland, Glasgow, strollox.co.uk. Accessed 27 February 2022.

[5] "The Church of Santa Croce, what to see a Casamassima". Borghi magazine. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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Saint Roch
Saint Roch by Francesco Francia
Confessor
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 Anglican Communion Aglipayan Church
Canonized	by popular fervour; added to the Roman Martyrology by Pope Gregory XIV
Feast	16 August 17 August (Third Order of Saint Francis)
Attributes	Wound on thigh, dog offering bread, Pilgrim's hat, Pilgrim's staff
Patronage	Invoked against: cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases Patron of: bachelors, diseased cattle, dogs, falsely accused people, invalids, Istanbul, surgeons, tile-makers,^[1] grave-diggers, second-hand dealers, pilgrims, apothecaries Sarmato, Altare, and Girifalco (Italy) Pateros, Cavite City and Caloocan as well as Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija, Cordova and Asturias in Cebu (Philippines)