In Cangas do Morrazo (Pontevedra), was born in the year 1551, a woman who would become an important figure in Galicia, his name Maria Solis ( or Soliña) .
At that time, Cangas was an important fishing village , in the economic augue, thanks to major economic gains came from fisheries. Maria Solis, at the time, lived with her husband and children comfortably, they were one of the wealthiest families in the area, not belonging to the nobility. But all this happiness was cut short when in 1617 , Cangas was attacked by a Turkish pirate ship , which swept through the area leaving 33 people dead, over 80 prisoners and nearly 200 homes burned, in addition to destroying boats and fishing gear. As a result, the town was plunged into economic depression, and many women were left alone in the deepest misery.
face of such misery, a noble of the city sent a letter to the king, to descend taxes for a while, until the area recover. But to return to get rich soon, the nobles of the place, decided to join the Inquisition , devising a plan to keep the wealth that had been previously. Its objective was to accuse women with large economic assets of witchcraft (although poor accused not to raise suspicion), confiscating all their property and that the noble and the Inquisition denounced by spreading the economic gains obtained.
Little is known whether this woman of 70 years came to serve the sentence, because the famine, the madness of his great suffering and misery, which was sunk, should be the cause of death in some unknown place, it has not found the death certificate. But his death, today serves as a reflection of the suffering endured an entire people to the power and despotism.
This event was a source of inspiration for musicians and poets, an example is this poem Celso Emilio Ferreiro :
Mary Soliña.
Polos Cangas roads
to do vento Xemio voice:
oh, that was Solina, Solina
Mary. In sandy
Cangas,
Walls overnight rose:
Oh, that was Solina, Solina
Mary.
Sea waves Cangas
acids echoes traguían:
oh, that was Solina, Solina
Mary.
The gueivotas about Cangas
wove dreams of fear:
oh, that was Solina,
Mary Soliña. Baixo
tled Cangas you
terror goes cold water:
ai, which Soliña quedache,
Mary Soliña.
At that time, Cangas was an important fishing village , in the economic augue, thanks to major economic gains came from fisheries. Maria Solis, at the time, lived with her husband and children comfortably, they were one of the wealthiest families in the area, not belonging to the nobility. But all this happiness was cut short when in 1617 , Cangas was attacked by a Turkish pirate ship , which swept through the area leaving 33 people dead, over 80 prisoners and nearly 200 homes burned, in addition to destroying boats and fishing gear. As a result, the town was plunged into economic depression, and many women were left alone in the deepest misery. 
face of such misery, a noble of the city sent a letter to the king, to descend taxes for a while, until the area recover. But to return to get rich soon, the nobles of the place, decided to join the Inquisition , devising a plan to keep the wealth that had been previously. Its objective was to accuse women with large economic assets of witchcraft (although poor accused not to raise suspicion), confiscating all their property and that the noble and the Inquisition denounced by spreading the economic gains obtained. 
Maria Solis , immediately caught the attention of the Inquisition and the nobles of the area, as in the Turkish attack her husband and children had died, she inherited all the wealth, so soon was accused of witchcraft to the Tribunal of the Inquisition . Soon, he was captured and tortured along with nine other women, until they confessed to be witches. To Mary, he confiscated all their property and released forcing him to wear the habit of penance for six months, fortunately, was not like other women burned alive at the time.
Little is known whether this woman of 70 years came to serve the sentence, because the famine, the madness of his great suffering and misery, which was sunk, should be the cause of death in some unknown place, it has not found the death certificate. But his death, today serves as a reflection of the suffering endured an entire people to the power and despotism.
This event was a source of inspiration for musicians and poets, an example is this poem Celso Emilio Ferreiro :
Mary Soliña.
Polos Cangas roads
to do vento Xemio voice:
oh, that was Solina, Solina
Mary. In sandy
Cangas,
Walls overnight rose:
Oh, that was Solina, Solina
Mary.
Sea waves Cangas
acids echoes traguían:
oh, that was Solina, Solina
Mary.
The gueivotas about Cangas
wove dreams of fear:
oh, that was Solina,
Mary Soliña. Baixo
tled Cangas you
terror goes cold water:
ai, which Soliña quedache,
Mary Soliña.
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