Category:Saint Roch

Born: c. 1348 (trad. 1295) in Montpellier, Kingdom of Majorca Died: 15/16 August 1376/79 in Voghera, County of Savoy(trad. 1327, Montpellier) Honored in: The Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, Episcopal Churches, Aglipayan Church, the Third Order of St. Francis Canonized: by popular fervour; added to the Roman Martyrology by Pope Gregory XIV (1590-1591) Major shrine: Church of San Rocco, Venice, Italy Feast: August 16, August 17 by the Third Order of St. Francis Attributes: Wound on thigh, dog offering bread Patronage: Potenza, Italy. Invoked against: cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases. Patron Saint of: bachelors, diseased cattle, dogs, falsely accused people, invalids, Istanbul, surgeons, tile-makers,[1] gravediggers, second-hand dealers, pilgrims, apothecaries