What is "jordi"

Jordi is the Catalan form of the given name George. Jordi is a popular name in Catalonia and is also given in the Netherlands and in Spanish, English and German speaking countries.

Jordi may also refer to:

• Sant Jordi - Patron saint of Aragon and Catalonia
• La Diada de Sant Jordi - Catalan holiday held on April 23rd with similarities to Valentine's Day, traditionally men give women roses and women give men a book to celebrate the occasion.

People

• Jordi Alba - Spanish/Catalan soccer player for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national football team
• Jordi Amat - Catalan professional footballer who plays for Swansea City
• Jordi Bernet - Spanish comics artist who used Jordi as a pseudonym in the 60s and 70s
• Jordi Bitter - Dutch footballer
• Jordi Bonet - Catalan-born Canadian painter, ceramist, muralist, and sculptor
• Jordi Caballero - movie and television actor, dancer, choreographer and producer
• Jordi Codina - Professional footballer who plays for Getafe CF as a goalkeeper
• Jordi Cruyff - Dutch soccer player and son of Johan Cruyff
• Jordi Darmstadt - Prince George Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt, Field Marshal in the Austrian army
• Jordi Davieson - lead vocals and guitar for Australian four-piece indie pop band San Cisco
• Jordi Galceran - Catalan playwright and author
• Jordi Gómez - Barcelona born professional footballer who plays for Sunderland
• Jordi Farragut - United States Navy officer during the American Revolutionary War
• Jordi Figueras Montel - Spanish soccer player commonly known as Jordi
• Jordi Hoogstrate - retired Dutch footballer
• Jordi Masip - goalkeeper for FC Barcelona
• Jordi Mollà - Barcelona born actor, filmmaker, writer, and artist
• Jordi Morgan - radio and television broadcaster in Nova Scotia, Canada
• Jordi Murphy - Barcelona born Irish rugby player
• Jordi Pasqualin - English rugby player
• Jordi Pujol - Former president of Catalonia
• Jordi Roca - pastry chef of the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca
• Jordi Roura - Spanish/Catalan former football player and current FC Barcelona academy director
• Jordi Savall - Catalan violist
• Jordi Tixier - French motocross rider
• Jordi van Gelderen - Dutch professional footballer
• Jordi Vanlerberghe - Belgian professional footballer
• Jordi Vilasuso - Cuban-American actor
• Jordi Webber - member of New Zealand band Titanium
• Jordi Xumetra - professional footballer who plays for Levante UD

In Popular Culture

• Jordi Palacios - character played by Nolan Sotillo on FOX comedy-drama Red Band Society
• Jordi's Star - children's book by author Alma Flor Ada
• Palau Sant Jordi - the main indoor sporting arena in Barcelona, Spain.

Jordi (, George; died 947) was the bishop of Vic (Ausona) from 914 until his death. After the death of bishop Idalguer, the clergy and people (plebs) of Vic acclaimed as bishop Jordi, whom they described as "noble, prudent, sober and chaste". His election was confirmed on 17 June 914.

In 935, he consecrated the second monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll under abbot Ennego. In 945, he confirmed the foundation of the monastery of Santa Cecília de Montserrat under abbot Cesari and the rule of Saint Benedict, but retained episcopal control over it. He also consecrated the church of Santa Maria de Manresa around 937.

During his episcopate, Jordi expanded the property holdings of the diocese. On 3 August 915, a certain Leupardus (Llopart) donated some land in Felporc to Vic for the sake of his soul and that of his wife, Gaudesinda (Godesenda). On 28 February 919, Jordi purchased a vineyard at Seva from Ferminus (Fermí) and his wife, Eldogiva (El·lovija). On 17 July 918 the diocese was the recipient of half of a vineyard at Fontcoberta from one Ferruç. In the town of Vic itself Jordi received an allodial grant on 21 October 921. In 925, Jordi donated the churches of Sant Martí de Vinyoles and Sant Sadurní de Sovelles to the monastery of Ripoll. In separate transactions on 11 November 941 and 19 November 942, Jordi purchased two halves of a vineyard at Sevedà for thirty solidi each. He was the first bishop of Vic to organise an ecclesiastical structure in the region of the Moianès.