Chapelle Saint-Roch

The chapel of St- Roch was built following a plague that has plagued the region in the early seventeenth century.


Saint-Roch is often cited as the saint who usually attends his devotees against infection (the plague, among others).

Saint-Roch is usually represented with a dog.
Saint Roch was born in 1349 in Montpellier. At his majority, he distributed all his goods to the poors and went on a pilgrimage to Roma.
He stopped in several cities in Italy affected by the black plague and obtained many cures.
Unfortunately, he also caught the disease.
He then retired in a forest so as not to infect others.
Only a dog of a neighboring lord would visit him and bring him everyday a loaf of bread stolen from his master’s table.
Intrigued by his dog’s merry-go-round, the lord followed him and discovered Roch at the bottom of his retreat. He rescued him and Roch regained his health.

Note: Chapel only visible from the outside.

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