Blessed Jordan of Saxony (referred to in Latin as Jordanus, also known as de Alamania) (c. 1190 – 1237), a German of noble descent, possibly from Borgberge near Dassel in the Duchy of Saxony. He was a student at Paris when he was received into the Dominican Order by Reginald of Orleans, one of the early Order's most effective preachers. In 1222 he became successor of the founder of the Order and its first master general, Saint Dominic. Like Saint Dominic, he was famed as a strict disciplinarian whose enthusiasm for the rule was tempered with kindness.