Story of Saint Rocco; saint to invoke during a plague

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“Saint Rocco is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as the protector against the plague and all contagious diseases.”

“St. Rocco, a saint of the 1300s, dressed in the clothes of a pilgrim and departed for Rome. Along the way, he stopped at Aquapendente, which was stricken by the plague, and devoted himself to the plague victims, curing them with prayer and the sign of the cross…”
 
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