San Rocco Church () is a

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church, located at the corner of Vie Roma and Legnano, two blocks northeast of the Duomo, in central

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

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History

It is dedicated to

Saint Roch Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327, also called Rock in English, is a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he is especially invoked a ...

, patron of those afflicted by the

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. It was constructed in the 16th century. Commissioned by the Confraternity of San Rocco, while externally plain, the interior of the church was decorated in a rich late-

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style. The church houses a canvas of ''Madonna and Saints'' by Giuseppe Nuvolone, a canvas of the ''Life of San Rocco'' by

Giuseppe Gorla Giuseppe Gorla (1895–1979) was an Italian civil engineer and politician who was a member of the National Fascist Party. Between 1940 and 1943 he served as the minister of public works. Early life and education Gorla was born in Vernate on 6 ...

(1722) and a ''Glory of San Rocco'' by

Paolo Bozzini Paolo Bozzini (25 January 1815 – 1892) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Piacenza. He began his studies under Carlo Maria Viganoni in his native city; the patronage of doctor Lodovico Guglieri, allowed him to travel to Rome to w ...

References

Rocco Rocco or Rocko is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: First name * Rocco Baldelli (born 1981), American Major League Baseball player and manager of the Minnesota Twins * Rocco Botte (born 1983), American actor an ...

16th-century establishments in Italy {{Italy-church-stub