This parish was the ancient episcopal head office Britoniensis, capital of an ancient episcopate, which origin seems to go back at the end of the Vth century, moment in which there establishes it the first foundation of the Celtic-Christian Church in Gallicia. Breton population finds birth of this head office related to the diversion of towards the European continent, before the invasion Anglo-Saxon. The center of the diocese would constitute it the Monasterium Especially, identified with the church of Santa Maria of Bretoņa, of that remains still survive in the ruins of the church primitive and of the dependencies on the palace and on the cathedral. Inside of the term we find several chapels, as they are: Xemil, Fitoiro, Castiņeira, Seselle, Francs and Soidade (text delegation).

Church of Bretoņa:

Temple placed on an ancient one I castrate and on the foundations of an ancient monastic basilica of origin suebi - visigótico, head office of the ancient diocese of Britonia created by the Breton Towns that came to the coasts of Lugo in the Vth century and directed by the bishop Mailoc, from that current diocese Mondoņedo-Ferrol arises . Building of rectangular plant that consists of three ships, presbytery and vestry. His walls, with buttresses, are remorsels with cement, except her tower - belfry of square plant placed in the right angle of the front, of three bodies with polygonal auction and flat door in that it appears the date of construction: 1773, on that the head of an angel appears sculpted with the hat of the pilgrims jacobeos. In his interior the church counts with numerous inscriptions that allude to the reforms and enlargement successive, since the temple begins his journey at the end of the XVIIth century, it is completed in the XVIIIth and reforms are attacked in the XIXth and XX. Apart it lodges reredoses, images and gold work of big value artistically (text of Turgalicia)

Places of Bretoņa: To Alfoz, Alvite, You Alvites, Or Arandal, Or Azougue, Or Barreiro, Or Bispado, You Cabaleiros, To Cabeira, Or Field Hair, Or Carballal, To Castiņeira, Or Castrillon, Or Preserve of Francs, Or Preserve, Or Coveil, Curras, Or Espiņedo, Fitoiro, Fontao, Or Foxo, Francs, A Igrexa, Lodas, Luxilde, To Macieira, Mourelle, Or Outeiro, Piņeiros, Seselle.