Latera. Church of San Rocco

The church of San Rocco in Latera was built around 1400 based on a promise made during the plague and

It was dedicated to St. Rocco, the patron saint of plague victims.

The small church has a unique marble altar-piece, with a fine fresco of the saint with the wound on his leg, and the little white dog that had nurtured him during his recovery.
 


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Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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