He never contracted the disease , even though there was so much death around him that the cities ran out of ground for cemeteries , and he had to consecrate the entire Rhone River .
Rhone River could be considered holy ground and bodies could be thrown into it .
He never contracted the disease , even though there was so much death around him that the cities ran out of ground for cemeteries , and he had to consecrate the entire Rhone River so that it could be considered holy ground and bodies could be thrown into it .