ST See also:

• ST ROCH (Lat. Rochus; Ital. Rocco; Span. Roque; Fr. Roch) (d. 1327)

ROCH (See also:

• LAT

Lat. Rochus; Ital. Rocco; Span. Roque; Fr. Roch) (d. 1327)  , a See also:

• CONFESSOR

confessor whose See also:

• DEATH

death is commemorated on the '16th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August; he is specially invoked against the See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague . According to his Acta, he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, about 1295 . He See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early began to See also:

• MANIFEST (Lat. manifestus, clear, open to view)

manifest strict See also:

• ASCETICISM

asceticism and See also:

• GREAT

great devoutness, and on the death of his parents in his twentieth See also:

• YEAR

year he gave all his substance to the poor . Coming to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy during an epidemic of plague, he was very diligent in tending the sick in the public hospitals at Aquapendente, See also:

• CESENA (anc. Caesena)

Cesena and See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and effected many miraculous See also:

• CURES

cures byprayer and See also:

• SIMPLE

simple contact . After similar ministries at See also:

• PIACENZA (Lat. Placentia)

Piacenza he himself See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell See also:

• ILL

ill . He was expelled from the See also:

• TOWN

town; and with-See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew into the See also:

• FOREST

forest, where he would have perished had not a See also:

• DOG

dog belonging to a nobleman named Gothardus supplied hint with See also:

• BREAD

bread . On his return to Montpellier he was arrested as a See also:

• SPY
• SPY (from " to spy " or " espy"; 0. Fr. espie, espier, to spy, watch; cf. Ger. spdhen, Lat. specere, to look; the Fr. term " espionage "is of course from the same source)

spy and, thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, where he died on the 16th of August 1327, having previously obtained from See also:

• GOD

God this favour —that all plague-stricken persons invoking him should be healed . His cult spread through See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, France, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium and Italy . A magnificent See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple was raised to him at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, where his See also:

• BODY

body is believed to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie, and numerous brotherhoods have been instituted in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . He is usually represented in the garb of a See also:

• PILGRIM

pilgrim, with a See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound in his thigh, and with a dog near him carrying a See also:

• LOAF

loaf in its mouth . See Acta sanctorum, August, iii: 380-415; See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Cahier See also:

• LES

Les Caracteristiques See also:

• DES

des See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . 1867) pp .

216-217 . (H .