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- The list of the festivities of the city of
Voghera (1391)
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This document, currently in the Historical Archives of Voghera, is truly unique, because it certifies the first cult act dedicated to Saint Roch. The edict regulated the festivities to be held in the city; in the last but one line one may read Sancti Rochi.
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- The verbal Process of Venice (1485) |
This document, currently in the «Scuola Grande di San Rocco» in Venice, is a page from the Processo verbale (Verbal process) held to certify the authenticity of the Saint’s relics, that were brought there from Voghera; only some parts of the Process are actually genuine.
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- The confraternital statutes of Venice
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This document is the beginning of the Mariegola maior, the book that container the statutes of the Confraternity of Venice. Note the image of Saint Roch at the bottom of the page.
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- The Indult for the relics of Venice (1520) |
This document is the invitation to the pious people for the forgiving of their sins, conceded by the pope Leone X on the occasion of the definite transferring of Saint Roch’s body under the high altar of the Venetian church, where it currently still is.
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