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Saint Roch or Rocco (Arabic: روكز‎; Albanian: Shën Rroku; German and Latin: Rochus; Occitan: Ròc; Catalan: Roc; Dalmatian: Roko; Italian: Rocco; French: Roch; Maltese: Rokku; Polish: Roch; Spanish Filipino and Portuguese: Roque; Slovak: Roch or Rochus; Slovene: Rok; Croatian: Rok or Roko; Hungarian: Rókus; Greek: Ρόκκος); lived c.1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c.1295 – 16 August 1327) was a Christian saint a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague.

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birth date
1295-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Kingdom of Majorca, Montpellier
death date
1376-08-16
death place
Voghera, County of Savoy, Vorghera
major shrine
Italy, Venice, San Rocco Venice
title
Pilgrim
venerated in
Anglican Communion, Philippine Independent Church, Third Order of Saint Francis, Catholic Church

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