Jordanus

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Jordanus is the name of:

  • Jordan von Giano (lat.Jordanus de Yano; * around 1195, † after 1262), religious priest and chronicler from the order of the Franciscans
  • Marcus Jordanus (* around 1531; † 1595), Danish cartographer and mathematician
  • Jordanus (Cardinal) († after 1154), Carthusian and Cardinal
  • Jordanus Nemorarius (also Jordanus de Nemore), mathematician and mechanic of the early 13th century
  • Jordan of Saxony (also Jordanus of Saxony or Jordanus Saxo; * around 1190; † 1237), beatified general of the Dominicans
  • Magister Jordanus († 1309), German cleric, founder of the library of the Andreas Church in Braunschweig
  • Jordanus Catalanus de Severac (also Jordanus Catalani or Jordan le Catalan; * around 1290; † 1336), Dominican, first Latin bishop in India
  • Jordanus von Wasserburg (1670–1739), preacher from the Capuchin order

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