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San Roque (Córdoba)
San Roque may refer to: People * Saint Roch (14th century), French Catholic saint * Roque González y de Santa Cruz (1576–1628), Spanish Catholic saint Places Argentina * San Roque, Corrientes, a city in Corrientes Province * San Roque Department, a department of Corrientes Province * San Roque Lake, an artificial lake in Córdoba * Aguada San Roque, a village and municipality in Neuquén Province Costa Rica * San Roque District, Barva, Heredia * San Roque District, Grecia, Alajuela Paraguay * San Roque (Asunción), a neighborhood of Asunción * San Roque González de Santa Cruz, a district in Paraguarí Department Peru * San Roque de Cumbaza, a town in the San Martín Region * San Roque de Cumbaza District, a district of Lamas * San Roque, a neighborhood in Santiago de Surco, Lima Philippines * San Roque, Northern Samar, a municipality * San Roque, a barangay in Gapan, Nueva Ecija * San Roque, a barangay in Navotas, Metro Manila * San Roque, a barangay in Pateros, Metro Mani ... [...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, is a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he is 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. 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 town of Albanchez, in Almeria, southern Spain. Saint Roch is known as "São Roque" in Portuguese, as "Sant Roc" in Catalan, as "San Roque" in Spanish (including in former colonies of the Spanish colonial empire such as the Philippines) and as "San Rocco" in Italian. Etymology Roch is given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
