Saint Roch and Social Distancing During Pandemics: Lessons to be Remembered
Surprisingly, Catholic hagiography can teach us a lot about medicine. As an example, we present here the history of Saint Roch who is considered, along with Saint Sebastian, one of the two main Saints who act as protectors against plagues and have often been invoked by Catholic people during the rec...
Authors: | ; ; ; |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
2021
|
In: |
Journal of religion and health
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 4, Pages: 2324-2330 |
Further subjects: | B
Epidemics
B Catholic hagiography B Social Distancing |
Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |