Jordanus is the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
form of
Jordan
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 Rive ...
and may refer to:
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Jordanus of Bristol, a saint venerated in Bristol, England
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Jordan Catala (Friar Jordanus), a 14th-century French missionary and explorer
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Jordanus de Nemore (Renaissance version: Jordanus Nemorarius), a medieval mathematician
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Jordanus of Saxony, c. 1190–1237, 2nd Master General of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
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Raymundus Jordanus
Raymundus Jordanus (fl. c. 1381), best known by his Latin nom de plume Idiota ("the Idiot"), though this identification is disputed by some, was a medieval Catholic writer whose identity remained unknown for some centuries.
Biography and identi ...
, a 14th-century Christian writer also known as Idiota
It may also refer to:
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Jordanus (constellation)
Jordanus (the '' Jordan River'') was a constellation introduced in 1612 (or 1613) on a globe by Petrus Plancius and first shown in print by Jakob Bartsch in his book ''Usus Astronomicus Planisphaerii Stellati'' (16 ...
, an obsolete constellation name
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