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Saint Jordan (other)
Saint Jordan or Blessed Jordan may refer to: *Saint Jordan the Wonderworker, remembered in the Eastern Orthodox church on May 2 *Saint Jordan of Bristol, venerated in England *Blessed Jordan of Saxony (d. 1237), early leader of the Dominican Order *Blessed Giordano Forzatè (d. 1248), Paduan religious whose body lies uncorrupted in Venice *Blessed Jordan of Pisa (d. 1311), Dominican theologian *Saint Giordano Ansaloni (d. 1634), Dominican missionary martyred in Japan *Saint Jordan of Trebizond Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan River ... (d. 1650), remembered in the Eastern Orthodox church on February 2 {{disambiguation, tndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 2 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), May 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), May 3 All fixed Synaxarium, commemorations below celebrated on May 15 by Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Churches on the Julian Calendar, Old Calendar. For May 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), April 19. Saints * Martyrs Exuperius and Zoe, Hesperos (Exuperius) and Zoe, and their sons Cyriacos and Theodoulos, at Attalia (c. 124) * Saint Jordan the Wonderworker * Saint Sabbas, Bishop of Dafnousia * ''Saint Boris-Michael, Prince and baptizer of Bulgaria, Equal-to-the-Apostles'' (907) Pre-Schism Western saints * Saint Valentine, Bishop of Genoa in Italy c. 295-307, (c. 307)May 2 Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Of Bristol
Jordan of Bristol ( la, Iordanus) was a saint venerated in Bristol, England, before the Reformation, about whom little is known with certainty. Traditionally, Jordan was considered a companion of Augustine of Canterbury who came to the South West of England in the early 7th century, founded a local church, and was later venerated as a saint. A chapel consecrated to Jordan is known to have existed on College Green in Bristol in the 14th century. From the 19th century, historians and genealogists began to question the traditional portrayal of Jordan's life and propose alternative theories about his identity, while others continued to support the traditional view. Life Jordan's background and the origins of his cult at Bristol are contested and unclear. A 15th century hymn to the saint describes him as a companion of Augustine of Canterbury who helped preach the gospel to the English and whose relics were later entombed at Bristol. According to David H. Higgins of Bristol Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Of Saxony
Jordan of Saxony, (referred to in Latin as Jordanis, also known as de Alamania; c. 1190 – 1237), was one of the first leaders of the Dominican Order. His feast day is February 13. Life Jordan belonged to the noble German family of the Counts of Eberstein. He was born in the Castle of Borrenstrick, in the diocese of Paderborn. He began his studies in his native land, and was sent to complete them at the University of Paris."Blessed Jordan of Saxony, OP", The Dominicans, Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, February 13, 2012 While a student he met Dominic de Guzman, the founder of the Order of Preachers, and was inspired by the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giordano Forzatè
Giordano Forzatè, anglicized Jordan Forzatè (1158 – 7 August 1248), was a Paduan Benedictine monk and religious leader. For his noble background, peacemaking efforts and monastic reforms, the '' Chronicle of the Trevisan March'' calls him the ''pater Padue'', "father of Padua".. Monk According to tradition, Giordano was born at Padua in 1158. His family, the Forzatè branch of the Tanselgardi (or Transelgardi),. belonged to the upper ranks of the aristocracy of the Trevisan March, part of the Kingdom of Italy in the Holy Roman Empire. They were probably vassals of the bishop of Padua. A relative, Forzatè di Tanselgardino, was the lawyer of the Abbey of Santa Giustina in the early 13th century. Giordano is first mentioned as a monk of San Benedetto Vecchio in a document of 1203. This monastery may have been founded by his family. Documents from the following years show that he received substantial sums of money through inheritance and trusts. He earned a reputation as a local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Of Pisa
Jordan of Pisa (Italian ''Giordano da Pisa''), also called Jordan of Rivalto (''Giordano da Rivalto'', 1255 – 19 August 1311), was a Dominican theologian and the first preacher whose vernacular Italian sermons are preserved. His ''cultus'' was confirmed on 23 August 1833 by Pope Gregory XVI and he was beatified in 1838; his day is either March 6 or August 19. His relics are in the church of Santa Caterina in Pisa. Jordan was born in the mid thirteenth century at Pisa. He was educated at Pisa and then Paris in the late 1270s, where he received his bachelor's in theology. He went on to join the Dominican house there in 1280. He returned to Pisa in 1280, where he lived as one of the brothers at the convent of Santa Caterina. At Pisa he founded the Confraternity of the Holy Redeemer, whose constitution survives, and several others, whose do not. Jordan continued his studies at the University of Bologna and lived in Paris from 1285 to 1288, before returning to Pisa. He preach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giordano Ansaloni
Giordano di San Stefano Ansalone, OP (1598 – 17 November 1634) was an Italian Dominican missionary in Asia. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1981 and canonized in 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Life Ansalone was born at Santo Stefano Quisquina in Sicily. Having entered the Dominican Order and completed his studies at Salamanca, he was sent in 1625, together with many others, as a missionary to the Philippine Islands. Whilst serving as chaplain in a hospital for Chinese and Japanese at Manila he learned their languages. In 1631, he offered to go to Japan and arrived at the outbreak of the persecution in 1632. Disguised as a ''bonze'', he travelled over the land and administered the rites of the Catholic religion. He was arrested 4 August 1634, and subjected to tortures that lasted seven days. He was forced to witness the beheading of his companion, Thomas of St. Hyacinth, and sixty-nine other Christians. On 18 November he was executed at Nagasaki, Japan, by being suspen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Of Trebizond
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and east, Iraq to the northeast, Syria to the north, and the Palestinian West Bank, Israel, and the Dead Sea to the west. It has a coastline in its southwest on the Gulf of Aqaba's Red Sea, which separates Jordan from Egypt. Amman is Jordan's capital and largest city, as well as its economic, political, and cultural centre. Modern-day Jordan has been inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period. Three stable kingdoms emerged there at the end of the Bronze Age: Ammon, Moab and Edom. In the third century BC, the Arab Nabataeans established their Kingdom with Petra as the capital. Later rulers of the Transjordan region include the Assyrian, Babylonian, Roman, Byzantine, Rashidun, Uma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
