Ancient Era

Silleda entered into the history books during the Swabian period in the 6th century. According to the "Lucenses Scriptures” The Lugo assembly held in the year 569, and governing as bishop Nitigio Teodomiro, agreed to a new partition of the diocese into that of one divided into  counties. By this agreement the county of Deza was constituted comprising the lands of Deza, Trasdeza, Carbia and Dozón. Silleda's history is for centuries the same as that of Deza County to which it belongs the first count was Andeca.