Monday, May 19, 2014

St. Rochus


Vaulted ceiling at St. Martin's 
Bingen am Rhein

According to Wikipedia,  Rochus (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79; traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327) "was a Majorcan Catholic confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he was especially invoked against the plague." 

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