Blessed Jordan Of Saxony
Also known as: Jordan de Alamaia; Giordana…; Giordano…; Giordanus…; Gordanus…; Jordana…; Jordanka…; Jordanus…
Feast Day
13-Feb
Born
C.1190 at Padberg Castle, diocese of Paderborn, Westphalia, old Saxony (in modern Germany); rumoured to have been born in Palestine while his parents were on a pilgrimage, and named after the River Jordan, but this is apparently aprochryphal
Died
Drowned in 1237 in a shipwreck off the coast of Syria while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land; buried in Acre
Beatified
1826 (cultus confirmed) by Pope Leo XII
Biography
Blessed Jordan of Saxony, born into the Saxon nobility, received a pious upbringing and was noted for his early charity to the poor. Educated in Germany and earning a master’s degree in theology at the University of
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