Fructuosus, Saint
Fructuosus, Saint
(died c.665 ) Archbishop of Braga, Portugal . The son of a Gothic general, he studied at Palencia and later retired as a hermit to a desert in Galicia. He founded ten monasteries , including Complutum. Appointed Bishop of Dumium, 654 , he received the Archbishopric of Braga, 656 , and attended the synod of Toledo that same year. Represented in art with a stag which he had saved. Relics at Compostela. Feast , 16 April .