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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, Lazio, Capranica, region of Lazio * San Rocco, Castel del Monte, Abruzzo, 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) ... [...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] |
Oratorio Di San Rocco (other)
Oratorio di San Rocco, an oratory for Saint Roch, may refer to: * Oratorio di San Rocco, Cailungo The Oratorio di San Rocco is a church in San Marino. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro. It was built after the plague in honor of St Rocco. The interior has an oil on canvas painting of the Madonna and Child enthrone ... * Oratorio di San Rocco, Siena * Oratorio di San Rocco, Spezzano {{Disambiguation, church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocco
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, 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 * 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 accordionist * Rocco G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Saint Rocco
Fort Saint Rocco (), also known as Fort Saint Roca on some maps, is a polygonal fort in Kalkara, Malta. It is located east of Rinella Battery and seaward of the village of Santu Rokku, and forms part of the complex of shore batteries built by the British to defend the coast east of the mouth of Grand Harbour between the 1870s and 1900s. History The construction of Fort Saint Rocco started in 1872 or 1873 by the British, as part of a programme of improvements to Malta's fortifications recommended in Colonel Jervois' Report of 1866. The fort was built on the site of San Rocco Battery, an artillery battery built by Maltese insurgents during the blockade of 1798–1800. Fort Saint Rocco was the first polygonal fort built by the British in Malta, and the second one built in Malta overall (the first was Fort Tigné built by the Order of Saint John). The first fort, built between 1872 and 1873, was very small given the importance of the site. It was initially armed with three RML ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rocco Redoubt
San Rocco Redoubt () was a redoubt in Kalkara, Malta. It was built by Great Britain during the French blockade of 1798-1800. It was part of a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour. The redoubt was built roughly halfway between Fort Ricasoli (then occupied by French forces) and Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower. It was located close to San Rocco Battery, a Maltese insurgent battery which had men from the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot in its garrison. The redoubt was built around a small building and a chapel dedicated to Saint Roch, from which it got its name. The redoubt was built by the British in order to provide cover for retreating British forces in the case of the arrival of a French relief force to break the siege of Malta. Upon the arrival of a relief force, the 30th and 89th Regiments of Foot were to gather at San Rocco Battery and, under the cover of San Rocco Redoubt, retreat to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rocco Battery
San Rocco Battery () was an artillery battery in Kalkara, Malta, built by Maltese insurgents during the French blockade of 1798–1800. It was the last in a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour. It was built to control the entrance to the harbour as well as the French occupied Fort Ricasoli. The battery was continually being fired upon by the French at Fort Ricasoli, which was located about away. The battery was built on a low hillock and had two gun platforms, which were connected together with rubble walls. Around December 1799, a magazine was built by the architect Michele Cachia at the rear of the battery, with timber beams taken from ruined houses in Paola. The battery was initially armed with two 6-pounder iron guns. During the course of the siege, the armament was increased to five 12-pounders and two 8-pounders on the upper platform, while the lower platform was armed with four 32-pounders for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rocco, Venice
The Church of Saint Roch () is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Roch in Venice, northern Italy. It was built between 1489 and 1508 by Bartolomeo Bon the Younger, but was substantially altered in 1725. The façade dates from 1765 to 1771, and was designed by Bernardino Maccarucci. The church is one of the Plague-churches built in Venice. St. Roch, whose relics rest in the church after their transfer from Voghera (trad. Montpellier), was declared a patron saint of the city in 1576. Every year, on his feast day (16 August), the Doge made a pilgrimage to the church. Near the church is the ''Scuola Grande di San Rocco'', noted for its numerous Tintoretto paintings. It was founded in the 15th century as a confraternity to assist the citizens in time of plague. Description Exterior The facade is decorated within years years 1765–1769 in collaboration with major Venetian sculptors of its time. On the semicircular tympanum stands the statue of Saint Roch by Giusep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rocco, Rome
La Chiesa di San Rocco ( English: The Church of Saint Roch) is a Roman Catholic building that is part of the ''Parish of Saint Giacomo''. The original conjoined building dates from 1499 and is located at 1 Largo San Rocco, Rome. The shrine is dedicated to Saint Roch with his preserved relics and was built next to the Mausoleum of Augustus. Known for its ornate interior, the shrine has merited various patronages by several Popes. The current shrine is maintained and administered by the ''Confraternity of Saint Roch''. History Pope Alexander VI issued a Pontifical decree ''Cogitantes Humanæ Conditionis'' on 11 June 1499 which gave to the Confraternity of the Osti and Barcaroli (innkeepers and boatmen), based at Ripetta, the small old church of San Martino de Pila and permission to build a hospital on a plot of land close to the Mausoleum of Augustus. The church was called San Rocco e Martino. The Church of San Martino was destroyed in the sixteenth century and some of its furni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rocco, Pisa
San Rocco is a small Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church facing the Piazza dei Cavalieri in central Pisa, Italy. History The church ''San Pietro in Cortevecchia'' is mentioned in documents from 1028. In 1575, a near complete reconstruction occurred when the church was granted to the Company (Order) of 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 invo ... (San Rocco). Architect Cosimo Pugliani added a new façade in 1630–1634. The Order of St. Rocco was suppressed in 1782, and the church soon fell under the care of the diocese, and another restoration occurred in 1899. The interior has frescos in the niches from the 13th century. The ceiling fresco of ''St Rocco protecting those affected with the plague'' is attributed to Francesco Venturi. The altar has a crucifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rocco Di Piegara
San Rocco di Piegara is a ''frazione'' of Roverè Veronese (Province of Verona, VR) which is one of the 13 ancient Cimbrian towns. Roverè Veronese has been an autonomous municipality since the 14th century. Etymology and history The name San Rocco (Saint Roch) comes from a vote made by the population to the Saint Roch, saint of Montpellier (who lived in the first half of the fourteenth century), who is the bubonic plague, plague protector, during the Italian plague of 1629–31, plague of 1630–31. Piegara, the older toponym, perhaps derives from 'pegara' (a place full of traces left by cows). Geography The village of San Rocco di Piegara lies on the lower Lessini Mountains, on the ridge between the ''Squaranto'' valley and the ''Mezzane'' valley, in a quite flat area where you can see the typical landscape of Lessinia. It can be reached through the provincial road SP-35 that begins in Montorio Veronese, Montorio, about 6 km northeast of Verona. Along the way from south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rocco, Piacenza
San Rocco Church () is a Roman Catholic church, located at the corner of Vie Roma and Legnano, two blocks northeast of the Duomo, in central Piacenza, Italy. History It is dedicated to Saint Roch, patron of those afflicted by the Plague. It was constructed in the 16th century. Commissioned by the Confraternity of San Rocco, while externally plain, the interior of the church was decorated in a rich late-Baroque or Rococo style. The church houses a canvas of ''Madonna and Saints'' by Giuseppe Nuvolone, a canvas of the ''Life of San Rocco'' by Giuseppe Gorla (1722) and a ''Glory of San Rocco'' by Paolo Bozzini. References Rocco Rocco 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, ... 16th-century establishments in Italy {{EmiliaRomagna-RC-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
