Hl. Rochus

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Figure of St. Roch on the grounds of the parish church of Maria-Lanzendorf. The saint is depicted as a pilgrim wearing a shell hat and a dog bringing in bread. With his left hand he points to a plague mark on his thigh.

Rochus of Montpellier is a saint of the Catholic Church, invoked as a patron saint against the plague. His commemoration day is August 16, the surviving date of his death. The brotherhoods of St. Roch, which were founded in times of plague, were later granted papal privileges.