S. Rocco

Traduzione di cortesia a cura di Pasquale Guglielmucci - info: pguglielmucci@libero.it

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S. ROCCO

S.Rocco was born in a noble French family. After his parents’ death, he sold his belongings and left for Italy where he nursed lepers. On his journey back to France, whilst in a desert place, he was taken ill but survived thanks to the food brought to him by a dog. Back home he was accused of being a spy and arrested. He died in prison stricken by the plague. The Mistero depicts the apparition of S.Rocco to a leper. The saint shows him his wound while an angel supports his pilgrim’s staff and another one holds a table with the inscription “Rochum invoca et sanus eris” (If you invoke S.Rocco you will be healed).

Characters: four and a puppy dog;

Bearers: twelve;

Height: 4,80 meters;

Weight: 340 kg.

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