Jordan of Saxony
German Catholic priest, Dominican friar and writer (1190–1237)
Feast: 13 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near Ptolemais, today Akko, in Palestine, the passing of Blessed Jordan of Saxony, priest of the Order of Preachers, who, successor and imitator of Saint Dominic, spread the Order with the greatest zeal and died in a shipwreck.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 13 February as Saint Dominic's successor, who spread the Order of Preachers and died in a shipwreck off Palestine.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Albertus Magnus Saint Pupil“In Italy he met the Dominicans and received the habit from Blessed Jordan of Saxony, St Dominic's successor.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 13 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q60790 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Jordan of Saxony (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.