Panacea de' Muzzi
Virgin and martyr, killed at fifteen
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology remembers her at Quarona near Novara as a virgin and martyr who, at the age of fifteen, was killed while praying in church by her stepmother, at whose hands she had always suffered ill-treatment.
She was beatified on 5 September 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
At fifteen she was killed at prayer in church by the stepmother who had always ill-treated her.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.