Franciscan Saint - St. Roch
It's Sunday, so feast days get superceded.
Too bad. Today is the Feast of St. Roch, a secular Franciscan who helped take care of people with the plague. According to one story, he got the plague himself and went off into the woods to die, but a dog brought him food and kept him alive long enough to recover. He later died in prison.
Many images of him include a dog, and he is the patron saint of dogs.
Maggie might just wag her tail for him, even if we are not celebrating his feast this year.
Labels: Franciscan, Maggie, Secular Franciscans
posted by A Secular Franciscan | 11:16 AM
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"El perro de san Roque no tiene rabo porque Ramón Ramírez se lo ha robado"
"Saint Roche's dog has no tail, because Ramon Ramirez stole it"... makes no sense, but it's how we learn to roll our rrrr's in Spanish.
I had seen that somewhere - thanks!
I've also seen that his feast day is considered the birthday for dogs in Bolivia.
Not sure on what day other dogs celebrate.
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