Macedo do Mato is a civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Bragança, in northern Portugal.

The oldest and populous fortification of the region, Cabeço da Terronha, dates from the Iron Age.

Its settlement was assisted by the good natural conditions for defense and controlled a geo-strategic position in the region.

A Roman funerary complex was located in Sanceriz, with the inscription: DOCIO SANIGII ANNO / RVM LX.

Sanceriz received a foral (charter), that was later renewed on 30 December 1284, from King Manuel of Portugal (sometime in the first quarter of the 15th century).