One of the correspondents quoted a medieval verse today concerning St. Roch:
Exempt de blame
rendit son ame
en bon chretien
dans les bras de son chien
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I had to look him up.
St. Roch was reportedly born 1295 in Montpellier to a rich merchant family. He became a hermit, and spent most of his life on pilgrimage. In Piacenza, he caught the plague while tending the sick, and survived miraculously, having been fed in the woods by a dog. He is consequently a patron of the plague-stricken. Often represented attended by a dog bearing a loaf of bread in his mouth. Feast: 16 August.

Persephone
I’m a college student researching St. Roch for an art history paper. Can you direct me to more info? I haven’t been able to find to much detail.
Persephone
I’m a college student researching St. Roch for an art history paper. Can you direct me to more info? I haven’t been able to find to much detail.
persephone.thorn@gmail.com
JDZ
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13100c.htm
http://saints.sqpn.com/saintr06.htm
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=156
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Roch
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/goldenlegend/GoldenLegend-Volume5.htm#Rocke
http://saintspreserved.com/roch/roch.htm
rhon de leon
http://66.218.71.231/language/translation/translatedPage.php?tt=url&text=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sanroccodimontpellier.it%2F&lp=it_en&.intl=us&fr=slv8-msgr
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