Currently governed by the Order of Mercy, it was an institution for welcoming pilgrims who “went to Compostela”, promoted in the early 13th century by some Italian friars (“Laudantes Deum”) next to the chapel of San Brais de Vilanova. From them derived the Order of the Penitence of the Blessed Martyrs of Christ, exclusively Sarrian in its origin and development, which extended to Arzúa and Ferreiros de Arzúa, and which in 1568, ending its independent life and perpetual priors, was forcibly integrated into the Order of the Regular Observance of Saint Augustine. They maintained the hospital of San Roque or La Madalena (where the Cemiterio Novo is located) until the mid-18th century, and until the exclaustration in 1832, the so-called “Hospitaliños Novos” in the “Obra Nova” promoted by Bishop Armayá. It is the most representative building of the town and preserves as Romanesque remains (13th century) a door in the cloister and an arch in the Capela do Santo Cristo. From the Gothic period (14th-16th centuries), corresponding to the second and third churches, it retains a rose window, tombs and niches of Manueline style, the main chapel, and a late cloister (1514) with an interesting pebble floor. The main altar and the image of Saint Augustine that presides over it are the work of the carver Gregorio Fernández, father of the renowned sculptor of the same name who, born in Sarria, left a complete display of his mastery and spirituality in Valladolid. By a bull of Pope John XXII (1322) and another of Clement VII (1534), very broad indulgences were granted to pilgrims and benefactors of the Hospital and the Monastery. The walled-up Door of Santa María Magdalena, with an image of the saint who was once the titular, corresponds to the second church. The access door to the temple, with the cross of the “madalenos” beside it, is the third church and faces the Door of Graces, which gives access to the cloister. The Convent Door and the Porta dos carros complete the accesses to the monastery. The tower and the Obra Nova are from the 18th century. On the door of the Hospitaliños Novos is the legend “Charitas aedificat” which summarizes the spirit of Christian hospitality typical of the communities that lived there. A magnificent Augustinian coat of arms, bordered by the legend “Sicut aquila incitans ad volandum pullos suos”, and several coats of arms of the noble families that ruled the region beautify the ensemble. In addition to the Convent and Church of Mercy, the main building and annexes house a teaching center and hostel, heir to the original foundation.