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Roch, St

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Roch, St (c.1350 to c.80), hermit, much invoked against the plague; he is said to have caught the plague himself and to have recovered while alone in the woods in Piacenza, where he was brought food by a dog. He is often shown with a plague sore on his leg, or accompanied by a dog with a loaf of bread in its mouth. He is patron saint of invalids and prisoners, and his feast day is 16 August.

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Roch, St

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Roch, St (c.1295–1327), healer of the plaguestricken. He is said to have stopped on a journey from France to Italy at the plagueridden town of Aquapendente, where he cured many by the sign of the cross, and later to have performed similar miracles elsewhere. Feast day, 16 Aug.

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