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Blessed Jordan Of Saxony
Blessed Jordan Of Saxony

Blessed Jordan Of Saxony

Also known as: Jordan de Alamaia; Giordana…; Giordano…; Giordanus…; Gordanus…; Jordana…; Jordanka…; Jordanus…

Blessed
Post-Congregation

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

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
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