Blessed Panacea de’Muzzi of Quarona

Also known as

• Panacea de Muzzi
• Panacea of Quarona
• Panassia
• Panexia

Memorial

• 1 May
• local festivals celebrating her memory traditionally include puff pastries names beatines made according to ancient recipes

Profile

Panacea’s mother died when the girl was an infant. When she was old enough, Panacea worked as shepherdess. Her father re-married, but her step-mother, Margherita di Locarno Sesia, quickly developed a hatred of the girl, partly because she would not work as ordered, and partially because Panacea was a pious little girl and Margherita hated religion. The conflict culminated when Margherita murdered Panacea while the girl was at prayer.

Born

• c.1378 at Quarona, diocese of Novara, Italy

Died

• stabbed with a spindle on a spring evening in c.1383
• buried in Ghemme, Novara, Italy

Beatified

• considered a martyr by the local people, a popular devotion developed almost immediately
• cultus confirmed on 5 September 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Patronage

• Ghemme, Novara, Italy
• shepherdesses
• shepherds

Representation

• young girl being beaten by an older woman

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Santi e Beati
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Panacea de’Muzzi of Quarona“. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 March 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>