ID: 901001241 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001241	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Saint Roch Suffering from the Plague (Christian iconography)

Note: Narrative or devotional image of St. Roch in quarantine in the forest or otherwise suffering from the plague, which he acquired by ministering to the poor and sick. A spring miraculously appears, a dog brings him loaves of bread, and an angel comforts him, until he eventually recovers from the plague. He typically is revealing a plague sore on his upper thigh.

Names:

	Saint Roch Suffering from the Plague (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Other Christian narratives> (P)
		............Life of Saint Roch (Christian iconography) (I)
		................Saint Roch Suffering from the Plague (Christian iconography) (P)

Other Relationships:

	actor is .... Roch, Saint (French saint, ca. 1350-1378/1379)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	topic is .... plague
	.....(epidemics, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... recovery (health-related concept)
	.....(health-related concepts, health and related concepts, biological concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christianity
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Saint Roch Suffering from the Plague (Christian iconography)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-) http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/230281?position=9
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/473871
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Roch#/media/File:Ribalta-san_roque.jpg