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According to Angel Killer, the city of St. Roch was originally called La Moyne. In 1868 rodents carrying Yellow Fever arrived from Europe. Earlier, in the late 1300's/early 1400's, Saint Roch, the person, disguised himself as a Mendicant Pilgrim and encountered a plague

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The City of St. Roch in Louisiana was the home town of Hawkman (Carter Hall) and Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders).

History

According to Angel Killer, the city of St. Roch was originally called La Moyne. In 1868 rodents carrying Yellow Fever arrived from Europe. Earlier, in the late 1300's/early 1400's, Saint Roch, the person, disguised himself as a Mendicant Pilgrim and encountered a plague in a place called Acquapendente. There he first used his "power" to cure the plague using the sign of the cross (he had been born with a red cross on his chest). He proceeded to cure the plague wherever he went. In 1414 the city of Constance, which also had been affected by plague, ordered public prayers in honor of St. Roch and the plague was cured. Thus, in La Moyne, when the Yellow Fever plague occurred, the city also performed public prayer to St. Roch and, again, the plague was cured. The city of La Moyne renamed itself St. Roch in his honor.

Points of Interest

  • 88 Keyes
  • Bach's Bourree
  • Craddock House
  • Down by the Levee Retirement Community
  • Downtown St. Roch
    • Nightshade Apartments
  • Ethon Tower
  • Glen Wilson Research Center
  • Le Lion D'or
  • Le Moyne Paper mill
  • Lure (Nightclub)
  • Stonechat Museum
  • St. Roch Cemetery
  • St. Roch University
  • Willowbrook Sanctuary

Events

  • The St. Roch Jazz Festival

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