Complex sentence: The name "Jordan" was chosen by the residents in honor of St. John the Baptist, their patron saint, who according to the ancient of locality saved the inhabitants from slaughter during the Moro raid in the Spanish era.
Split into simpler sentences: The name "Jordan" was chosen by the residents in honor of St. John the Baptist, their patron saint. According to local folklore, he saved the inhabitants from slaughter during the Moro raid in the Spanish era.