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San Rocco (other)
San Rocco (Italian, 'Saint Roch'), may refer to: Places in Italy * San Rocco di Piegara, frazione of Roverè Veronese, Verona, Veneto, Italy * San Rocco al Porto, commune in Province of Lodi, Lombardy, Italy Churches in Italy * San Rocco, Capranica, region of Lazio * San Rocco, Castel del Monte, region of Abruzzo * San Rocco, Circello, province of Benevento, region of Campania * San Rocco, Lendinara, province of Rovigo, region of Veneto * San Rocco, Moliterno, province of Potenza, region of Basilicata * San Rocco, Montemurro, province of Potenza, region of Basilicata * San Rocco, Piacenza, region of Emilia-Romagna * San Rocco, Pisa, region of Tuscany * San Rocco, Potenza, region of Basilicata * San Rocco, Rome, region of Lazio * San Rocco, Venice, region of Veneto Fortifications in Malta * San Rocco Battery * San Rocco Redoubt * Fort Saint Rocco See also * Rocco * Oratorio di San Rocco (other) * San Roque (other) * São Roque (other) São Roq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
San Rocco, Potenza
San Rocco is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Potenza in the region of Basilicata, Italy. History A church or chapel was erected here between 1400 and 1500, after a season of the plague called the “Delle Ghiandole”. A confraternity associated with the chapel was given official recognition in 1789 by King Ferdinand IV of Naples. But like many buildings in this earthquake prone region, the church collapsed in 1832, and reconstruction, occurred over the following decades. A marble relief of St Roch (1857) is located over the portal, sculpted by Michele Busciolano. The eclectic building references a variety of styles: it has a pyramidal dome and a neoclassic façade with flanking stone transept. The bell-tower has a non-functioning bell dating to 1565. To the right of the façade, beside the church, is a modern bronze statue of ''St Roch'' (1969). The counterfacade has an accumulation of spolia excavated or detached from local tombs. The chapel on the right has a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
