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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Roch has received more than 1,534,233 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Saint Roch is the 195th most popular religious figure, the 190th most popular biography from France (up from 209th in 2019) and the 12th 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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  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Roch ranks 195 out of 3,187Before him are Pope Martin V, Pope Clement XIII, Pope Clement VI, Agnes of Rome, Pope Eugene IV, and Pope Marcellus II. After him are Pope Pelagius I, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Clement X, Pope Benedict XI, and Pope Benedict VIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1295, Saint Roch ranks 1After 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 2Before him is Osman I. After him are Edward II of England, James II of Aragon, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg, Elizabeth de Burgh, Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Teresa d'Entença.

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In France

Among people born in France, Saint Roch ranks 190 out of 6,770Before him are Louis Daguerre (1787), Henri Rousseau (1844), Pope Clement VI (1291), Louis X of France (1289), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), and Louis Bonaparte (1778). After him are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Pope Benedict XII (1280), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Nicolas Flamel (1330), and Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Saint Roch ranks 12Before him are Pope Clement V (1264), Pope John XXII (1244), Pope Martin IV (1220), Pope Urban V (1310), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), and Pope Clement VI (1291). After him are Pope Benedict XII (1280), Pope Gregory XI (1370), Pope Clement IV (1190), Pope Urban IV (1185), Pope Innocent VI (1282), and Pope Urban VI (1318).