Saint roch

Icon of Saint Roch (San Rocco) of Montpellier by Rael-Miguel for Lux Mundi

Patron Saint of Dogs

Tiepolo was one of the most renowned artists in eighteenth-century Venice. Influenced by Venetian Renaissance painters such as Tintoretto and Veronese, he composed numerous religious and mythological scenes, achieving notoriety for his paintings’ vivid color and theatrical effects. In this small canvas, made for private devotion, he depicts Saint Roch, the medieval French nobleman who, according to hagiographic accounts, miraculously healed plague victims while a mendicant pilgrim in Italy…

This altarpiece depicts Saint Roch (ca. 1348–1376/79), known as a plague saint for his miracles in curing the sick. He became a popular figure in art following the Black Death in the fourteenth century and the Italian plague outbreak of 1477–79

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Francisco Ribalta, Saint Roch, c. 1625. Expelled from town, He went into the forest, & made a hut of sticks & leaves, & was miraculously given with water by a spring that arose there; he'ed have died if a nobleman Gothard Palastrelli's dog didn't give him bread or like his wounds, healing them. St Roch is the patron saint of cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases, bachelors, diseased cattle, dogs, falsely accused people, invalids, Istanbul, surgeons, grave diggers.

Saint Roch is the patron saint of dogs, surgeons, contagious diseases, epidemics, and more. During the black plague, he traveled through Italian towns & cured many. Eventually, he became sick with the plague & isolated himself. A hunting dog befriended him, brought him food every day, and licked his wounds. Saint Roch ended up imprisoned the rest of his life when he was mistaken as a spy. It is said that an angel appeared in his cell after he died revealing who he was.

Saint Roch cross stitch pattern