Saint Roch
Layman (
1378 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 16 August
Saints Who Served in Times of Plague & Pandemic 
According to tradition, Roch (or Rocco ) was born in Montpellier , France . After his well-off parents both died, 20 year old Roch gave his inheritance to the poor & set off as a pilgrim to Rome 
He visited a number of Italian cities, & in each place, he tended those suffering from plague 
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When Roch was in Piacenza , he caught the plague himself 
He retired to a small hut 🛖 
in the woods 
where he received miraculous helps, including the assistance of a friendly dog, who brought him bread 
According to one account, upon his recovery Roch returned home to France , only to be arrested 
by those who did not recognize him in his pilgrim guise. He languished in prison for 5 years before he died. Only afterward did his jailers realize who he was
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An early recorded instance of veneration of Saint Roch was in 1414 in Constance , when the prayers & procession to honor him are said to have stopped a local epidemic in its tracks 
Roch's intercession was so coveted that agents from Venice stole his relics in 1485 & brought them to the ailing citizens of the seaport city, where they were enshrined in the church 
in which they may be venerated today.
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Roch is an oft-depicted saint, recognizable by his pilgrim's garb, the wound on his leg 
& his companion dog 
Father of Mercies, through the intercession of Saint Roch , have mercy on me in my isolation 
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