Church of Saint Fructuosus, Catholic church in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

The Church of Saint Fructuosus is a Churrigueresque church with a central plan and a large dome, built between 1754 and 1765 to designs by Lucas Ferro Caaveiro. Its facade, meant to be seen from the Plaza del Obradoiro, concentrates ornament on the upper cornice, where stand the four cardinal virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance. The bell tower is decorated with volutes, pinnacles and a niche holding the Virgin of Sorrows.

The church was built between 1754 and 1765 to a design by Lucas Ferro Caaveiro. Its construction is linked to the relics of Saint Fructuosus, which Bishop Gelmírez brought from Braga in the 12th century; those relics are now kept in the chapel of relics in Santiago Cathedral.

Popular tradition calls the four cardinal virtues on the upper cornice—Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance—the four suits of the Spanish deck. The church is also known as das Angustias de Abaixo or da Real Angustia, and its name recalls the relics of Saint Fructuosus that Bishop Gelmírez brought from Braga in the 12th century.

The church stands at the northwest corner of the Praza do Obradoiro, behind the Pazo de Raxoi. Its facade is designed to be seen from the square, which lies several metres above the entrance, so the decoration is concentrated on the upper cornice. Look for the four cardinal virtues there.

Popular tradition holds that the four cardinal virtues on the upper cornice — Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance — are the four suits of the Spanish deck. The church was built between 1754 and 1765 to a design by Lucas Ferro Caaveiro, and its relics of Saint Fructuosus, brought from Braga by Bishop Gelmírez in the 12th century, are kept in Santiago Cathedral, not here.