City of Ruvo di Puglia: priest and servers with microphone and medals of local Brotherhood of Saint Roch after evening mass before blessing of the dogs in front of church of Saint Roch (Italian: Chiesa di San Rocco); decorated for annual feast of Saint Roch (16th of August); Saint Roch of Montpellier lived according to French and Italian sources ca 1345/50 - 16th of August 1376/79; according to German sources ca 1295 - 1379; to English sources ca 1295 - 1327. In 1502; a plague threatened city of Ruvo di Puglia. Miraculously; Saint Roch appeared as a pilgrim with dog and banned the plague. In 1503; people erected the church of Saint Roch (chiesa di San Rocco); in Ruvo di Puglia. In 1576; the brotherhood (Confraternit? of Saint Roch was founded in Ruvo di Puglia. Each year; there is a patronage festival for him. //