Rocco (other)
Rocco or Rocko is both a given name and a surname. Rocco is a masculine name of Italian origin. It is thought to derive from the Old German word "hrok", which means to rest or repose. The name is associated with a fourteenth-century Catholic saint, Saint Roch, San Rocco, who tended to the ill during a plague. Notable people with the name include: First name * Rocco Baldelli (born 1981), American Major League Baseball player and manager of the Minnesota Twins * Rocco Botte (born 1983), American actor and filmmaker * Rocco Buttiglione (born 1948), Italian politician * Rocco Chinnici (1925-1983), Italian magistrate killed by the Mafia * Rocky Colavito, Rocco "Rocky" Colavito (born 1933), American retired Major League Baseball player * Rocco DiSpirito (born 1966), American celebrity chef and reality show actor * Rocco Fischetti (1903-1964), American mobster * Sir Rocco Forte (born 1945), British businessman * Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938), Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saint Roch
Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79; traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327), also called Rock in English, was a Majorcan Catholic confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he was especially invoked against the plague. He has the designation of Rollox in Glasgow, Scotland, said to be a corruption of Roch's Loch, which referred to a small loch once near a chapel dedicated to Roch in 1506. It is also the name of a football club, St Roch's in Glasgow. He is a patron saint of dogs, invalids, falsely accused people, bachelors, and several other things. He is the patron saint of Dolo (near Venice) and Parma, as well as Casamassima, Cisterna di Latina and Palagiano (Italy). He is also the patron saint of the towns of Arboleas and Albanchez, in Almería, southern Spain, and Deba, in the Basque Country. Saint Roch is known as "São Roque" in Portuguese, as "Sant Roc" in Catalan, as "San Roque" in Spanish (including in former col ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rocco Nacino
Enrico Raphael Quiogue Nacino (born March 21, 1987), known professionally as Rocco Nacino (), is a Filipino actor. He won the title of Second Prince in the fifth season of '' StarStruck''. He is an exclusive artist under GMA Artist Center. Early life and education Enrico Raphael Quiogue Nacino was born on March 21, 1987 in Baguio to Ralph Nacino, a talent manager and Linda Nacino. He was raised in Singapore and Laguna, his father's hometown. Nacino has only one sibling, his brother Kyle, an industrial engineer. He studied Nursery up to Primary 6 in Singapore, and also learned to speak Mandarin during his grade school days. He received his secondary education in Makati Hope Christian School. Nacino pursued his tertiary education with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Mapúa Institute of Technology. He passed the Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination in June 2009 in Manila. Nacino continued his post-graduate degree studies and took up Master of Arts in Nursin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fascist
Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy. Opposed to communism, democracy, liberalism, pluralism, and socialism, fascism is at the far right of the traditional left–right spectrum.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Fascism rose to prominence in early-20th-century Europe. The first fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I, before spreading to other European countries, most notably Germany. Fascism also had adherents outside of Europe. Fascists saw World War I as a revolution that brought massive changes to the nature of war, society, the state, and technology. The advent of total war and the mass mobilization of so ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alfredo Rocco
Alfredo Rocco (9 September 1875 – 28 August 1935) was an Italian politician and jurist. He was Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Urbino (1899–1902) and in Macerata (1902–1905), then Professor of Civil Procedure in Parma, of Business Law in Padua, and later of Economic Legislation at La Sapienza University of Rome, of which he was rector from 1932 to 1935. Rocco, as an economics-minded politician, developed the early concept of the economic and political theory of corporatism, which later became part of the ideology of the National Fascist Party. Career Rocco began his political career as a nationalist in the Radical Party, but eventually turned to the "proletarian nationalism" of the Italian Nationalist Association (ANI), a political party on which he had major influence. Rocco was critical of Italy's weak material and economic power, which he said was responsible for Italian dependence on the European " plutocracies" of France, Germany, and the United Kin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alex Rocco
Alex Rocco (born Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.; February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive, gravelly voice, he was often cast as villains, including Moe Greene in ''The Godfather'' (1972) and his Primetime Emmy Award–winning role in '' The Famous Teddy Z''. Rocco did a significant amount of voice-over work later in his career. Early life Rocco was born as Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.,Obituary cbsnews.com; accessed July 20, 2015. in , in 1936, and raised in nearby Somerville, the son o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rocco Silano
Rocco Silano is an American magician, author, and lecturer. Biography Silano was born c. 1960, in Paterson, New Jersey. Early on in his career, Rocco studied with and was managed by sleight-of-hand expert and Tony Slydini protégé Bill Wisch. Silano studied with Wisch for at least 4 months in 1980, when Wisch taught him many Slydini routines, including Slydini's cigarette production. “For the last four months Silano has taken private lessons from Bill Wisch, the successor to Slydini, the famous 83-year-old magician, Slydini, who is “one of the best” according to Silano, does not teach anymore. One of the routines Silano has learned from Wisch is Slydini's cigarette production routine known as “poetry in magic” according to Silano." Later, Rocco was introduced to Slydini by Bill and Rocco took lessons with Slydini as well. Rocco stated in an interview with the Wise Guyz Radio Show on May 1, 2019, "He (Bill Wisch) hooked me up with Tony Slydini. He was a student befor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rocco Steele
Rocco Steele (born 1964) is an American gay pornographic actor, pornographic film director, and former escort. Steele became an escort in 2012 while in his 40s. He started his pornographic career two years later, and has since been frequently regarded in the media as one of gay pornography's most recognizable and lauded stars, particularly for his large penis, " daddy" image, and entrepreneurship. Steele's other ventures include a pornographic film production studio, an underwear brand, a line of sex toys, a personal lubricant, and ''Just Oral'', a podcast about sex positivity. He has won two GayVN Awards, one XBIZ Award, six Grabby Awards, one Cybersocket Web Award, and one Prowler Award for his work as a pornographic actor and two International Escort Awards, including the 2015 title of Mr. International Hookie, for his escorting. Life and career Steele was born in 1964 in Ohio; his father is Italian and was a restaurant and bar owner. He was raised Catholic and has thre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rocco Siffredi
Rocco Antonio Tano (born 4 May 1964), known professionally as Rocco Siffredi, is an Italian Pornographic film actor, pornographic actor, director, and producer. Known as the "Italian Stallion", Siffredi has starred in more than 1,300 pornographic films since 1986. Siffredi is known for his rough style of pornography, often involving anal sex, spitting, slapping and choking, his collaboration with the pornographic studio Evil Angel (studio), Evil Angel, as well as his own productions. Pornography career Siffredi first got to the idea to work in the porn business after discovering a pornographic magazine as a teenager. He moved to Paris in his early twenties and attended different Sex club, sex clubs where he was eventually discovered by French porn actor and director Gabriel Pontello, who introduced him to other producers. Siffredi made his pornographic debut in the 1986 film ''Sodopunition pour dépravées sexuelles''. He chose his stage name in reference to the characters ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rocco Rossi
Rocco Rossi (born February 6, 1962) is a Canadian businessman currently serving as president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, and was formerly the president and CEO of Prostate Cancer Canada. Background Rossi attended schools in Canada and the United States. He attended Upper Canada College (UCC). After graduating from UCC, Rossi studied at McGill University in Montreal, followed by studies at Princeton University in New Jersey, where he graduated with a master's degree in politics. Career After graduating from Princeton, Rossi returned to Toronto to pursue a career in the private sector with roles at Advanced Material Resources (now NeoMaterials), the Boston Consulting Group, Torstar, Labatt/Interbrew and MGI Software. He was recruited from Torstar by Interbew and became president of beer.com. Rossi was the chief executive officer of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario from 2004 to 2009. Under Rossi's leadership the Heart and Stroke Fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rocco Reitz
Rocco Reitz (born 29 May 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Career Reitz made his professional debut for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga on 24 October 2020, starting in the away match against Mainz 05 which ended in a 3–2 victory. In August 2021, he joined Belgian side Sint-Truiden on loan for the 2021–22 season. On 17 January 2023, Reitz returned to Sint-Truiden in Belgium for a second loan, until the end of the 2022–23 season. Later that year, on 10 November, Reitz scored his first Bundesliga goal for Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 4–0 win against VfL Wolfsburg. International career Reitz represented Germany at youth international level. In May 2024, he trained with the senior national team prior to the UEFA Euro 2024 The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rocco Quinn
Rocco Quinn (born 7 September 1986) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Quinn played for Celtic, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South, Ross County and St Mirren, as well as Kilmarnock, St Johnstone and Livingston on loan. Career Quinn began his career with Celtic, but didn't make a competitive first team appearance for the club with all of his first-team experience at this stage coming in three loan spells at other clubs. He spent the second half of the 2006–07 season on loan to Kilmarnock. On 1 September 2007, he joined St Johnstone on loan in an attempt to get some first-team experience. He scored his first-ever league goal in St Johnstone's 2–1 victory over Partick Thistle at McDiarmid Park on 15 September 2007. During this loan spell, he played as St Johnstone won the Challenge Cup, beating Dunfermline Athletic 3–2 in the final. Quinn returned to St Johnstone in February 2008 on an emergency loan for the remainder of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rocco Pozzi
Rocco Pozzi (died c. 1780), was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period, active around 1750. Biography He was the brother of Stefano Pozzi. He engraved several of the plates for the ''Museo Florentino'', and executed prints for the ''Antiquities of Herculaneum'' published in Naples. He became court engraver to the King of Naples, and died about 1780. Works Pozzi drawings appear in a 1757 publication by :it:Ottavio Antonio Bayardi, Ottavio Antonio Bayardi. See also *Camillo Paderni References * Year of birth missing 1780 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian engravers Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |