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Saint Roch: Patron Saint of Bachelors and Dogs
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Saint Roch: Patron Saint of Bachelors and Dogs
Saint Roch (1295 – 1376?) – also known as Rock, or, in Scotland, Rollox, not to be confused with the luxury watch brand which is almost a homophone. Roch, whose feast we celebrate on this August 16th, was a Majorcan confessor, perhaps originally from Montpellier. On a pilgrimage to Rome, he tended to plague victims, caught the disease, and is usually portrayed with the characteristic bulbo, or suppurating sore, of the plague on his thigh. But he…
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