Detail Of A Painting Of The Martyrdom Of Blessed Panacea DeMuzzi Of Quarona Artist Unknown From The Church Of San Giovanni Al Monte Quarona Italy

Blessed Panacea Demuzzi Of Quarona

Also known as: Panacea de Muzzi; Panacea of Quarona; Panassia; Panexia

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

27 March; 1 May on some calendars; local festivals celebrating her memory traditionally include puff pastries names beatines made according to ancient recipes

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

Biography

Blessed Panacea Demuzzi of Quarona, also known as Panacea de Muzzi, Panacea of Quarona, Panassia, and Panexia, was born around 1378 in the town of Quarona, in the diocese of Novara, Italy. Sadly, Panacea lost her mother at a very young age and was raised by her father. As a child, she worked as a shepherdess, tending to the family's flock.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified0005-09-01 by Considered a martyr by the local people, a popular devotion developed almost immediately; cultus confirmed on 5 September 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX