May 24

Ségéne served as Bishop of Armagh, the principal ecclesiastical seat of early medieval Ireland. Although historical records are sparse, he is remembered as a learned and devout leader. During his tenure, he guided the Irish church through a period of consolidation and growth. He maintained ties with the broader Christian world and upheld the spiritual traditions of his predecessors. Little is known of his early life, but his impact on the Irish church endured beyond his death in 688.

Lanfranc (c.1005-1089) was an Italian scholar and theologian appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1070. As William the Conqueror's chief counselor, he implemented church reforms that strengthened discipline and administration. He played a pivotal role in integrating continental practices into the English church and in its recovery after the Norman Conquest. Lanfranc's leadership established enduring ecclesiastical structures and influenced generations of English clerics. His legacy endures in the organizational foundations he laid for the medieval church in England.

Born in 1602 in Ágreda, Spain, María de Jesús de Ágreda entered the Conceptionist order at a young age and later became abbess of her convent. She is best known for her mystical visions and extensive correspondence with King Philip IV. Her major work, 'The Mystical City of God', recounts the life of the Virgin Mary and became a cornerstone of Counter-Reformation spirituality. Ágreda was reputedly gifted with the ability to bilocate, with unverified reports of her appearing to Native American tribes in New Mexico to instruct them in the Catholic faith. Despite controversy, her writings influenced Catholic theology and devotion for centuries. She died in 1665 and was later declared venerable by the Catholic Church.

Louis-Zéphirin Moreau was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, in 1824 and ordained as a priest in 1848. In 1877, he was appointed bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, where he served until his death in 1901. He founded seminaries and schools, strengthened religious education, and established a community of deaconesses to care for the sick and poor. Under his leadership, the diocese expanded its charitable outreach, building hospitals and orphanages across Quebec. Moreau’s commitment to social welfare and education left a lasting impact on the Catholic Church in Canada.