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Roc (ref Array Char) Void
Roc, ROC, or R.O.C. may refer to: People *Roch (c. 1348 – 1376), Occitan saint called Roc in Catalan * Agustí Roc (born 1971), Spanish ski mountaineer * Margaret Roc (born 1945), Australian author * Patricia Roc (1915–2003), British actress * Ste V Roc (born 1977), Irish hip-hop artist * Roc Alexander (born 1981), American football player * Roche Braziliano (fl. 1630–1671), also spelled Roc, Dutch pirate * Roc Kirby (1918–2008), Australian businessman * Roc Oliva (born 1989), Spanish field hockey player *Roc Raida (1972–2009), American disc jockey, turntablist and producer *Roc Riggio (born 2002), American baseball player * Roc Taylor (born 2002), American football player * Roc Thomas (born 1995), American football player * The R.O.C. (rapper) (born 1973), American rapper Places *Republic of China, the official name of Taiwan **Republic of China (1912–1949), the internationally recognized government of China prior to the retreat of the Kuomintang to Taiwan and the es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roch
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. He has the designation of Rollox in Glasgow, Scotland, said to be a corruption of Roch's Loch, which referred to a small loch once near a chapel dedicated to Roch in 1506. It is also the name of a football club, St Roch's in Glasgow. He is a patron saint of dogs, invalids, falsely accused people, bachelors, and several other things. He is the patron saint of Dolo (near Venice) and Parma, as well as Casamassima, Cisterna di Latina and Palagiano (Italy). He is also the patron saint of the towns of Arboleas and Albanchez, in Almería, southern Spain, and Deba, in the Basque Country. Saint Roch is known as "São Roque" in Portuguese, as "Sant Roc" in Catalan, as "San Roque" in Spanish (including in former colonie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
