RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Roch

1295 - 1327

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Roch is the 307th most popular religious figure (down from 195th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from France (down from 190th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Religious Figure.

Saint Roch is most famous for being the patron saint of dogs and those who are bitten by them.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Roch ranks 307 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Cecilia, Pope Soter, Pope Leo II, Pope Eleutherius, Pope Benedict VIII, and Pope Sylvester III. After him are Abd al-Muttalib, Pope Eugene II, Amos, Ahmed Yassin, Pope Liberius, and Francis de Sales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1295, Saint Roch ranks 1. After him are Jean Buridan, Isabella of France, Nicephorus Gregoras, Henry Suso, Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Catherine of Austria, Duchess of Calabria, and Nicholas Orsini. Among people deceased in 1327, Saint Roch ranks 3. Before him are Osman I, and Edward II of England. After him are James II of Aragon, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg, Elizabeth de Burgh, Teresa d'Entença, and Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine.

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In France

Among people born in France, Saint Roch ranks 264 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis VI of France (1081), Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), François Truffaut (1932), Philip III of France (1245), Letizia Ramolino (1750), and Annie Ernaux (1940). After him are François Boucher (1703), Charles the Simple (879), Serge Gainsbourg (1928), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), Philip I of France (1052), and Francis de Sales (1567).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Saint Roch ranks 20. Before him are Pope Martin IV (1220), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Saint Sebastian (300), Pope Innocent V (1225), and Pope Urban VI (1318). After him are Francis de Sales (1567), Hugues de Payens (1074), Vincent de Paul (1581), Jacques de Molay (1243), Pope Nicholas II (990), and Pope Stephen IX (1020).

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