Saint Roch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Saint Roch

Christian saint

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1295

Place of Birth: Montpellier, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 16-Aug-1327

Profession: monk

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Saint Roch or Rocco (lived c.
1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c.
1295 – 16 August 1327) was a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he is specially invoked against the plague.
He may also be called Rock in English, and has the designation of St Rollox in Glasgow, Scotland, said to be a corruption of St Roch's Loch, which referred to a small loch once near a chapel dedicated to St.
Roch in 1506.He is a patron saint of dogs, of falsely accused people, bachelors, and several other things.
He is the patron saint of Dolo (near Venice) and Parma. He's also the patron of Casamassima, Cisterna di Latina and Palagiano, Italy.Saint Roch is known as "San Roque" in Spanish, including in many now-English-speaking areas, such as the Philippines.