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Benedict (given name) Benedict is a masculine given name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed".Benedict
Thinkbabynames.com Benedict (surname) Benedict is a patronymic surname, referring to the given name Benedict, which comes from the Latin word meaning "blessed". The name was popularized by Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Mon ...

, including a list of people with the surname

Religious figures

* Pope Benedict I (died 579), head of the Catholic Church from 2 June 575 to his death in 579 *

Pope Benedict II Pope Benedict II ( la, Benedictus II) was the bishop of Rome from 26 June 684 to his death. Pope Benedict II's feast day is 8 May. Early life Benedict was born in Rome. It is possible that he was a member of the Savelli family, though this is n ...

(635–685), also a saint *

Pope Benedict III Pope Benedict III ( la, Benedictus III; died 17 April 858) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 29 September 855 to his death. Early career Little is known of Benedict's life before his papacy. His father was named Peter. B ...

(died 858), head of the Catholic Church from 29 September 855 to his death in 858 *

Pope Benedict IV Pope Benedict IV ( la, Benedictus IV; c. 840 - 30 July 903) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 900 to his death. The tenth-century historian Flodoard, who nicknamed him "the Great", commended his noble birth a ...

(died 903), head of the Catholic Church from 1 February 900 to his death in 903 *

Pope Benedict V Pope Benedict V ( la, Benedictus V; died 4 July 965) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Leo VIII. He was overthrown by Emperor Otto I. His brief pontificate occurred at the end of a ...

(died 965), head of the Catholic Church from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Pope Leo VIII *

Pope Benedict VI Pope Benedict VI ( la, Benedictus VI; died June 974) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 19 January 973 to his death in 974. His brief pontificate occurred in the political context of the establishment of the Holy Roman Emp ...

(died 974), head of the Catholic Church from 19 January 973 to his death in 974 *

Pope Benedict VII Pope Benedict VII ( la, Benedictus VII; died October 983) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from October 974 to his death. Family and early career Benedict was born in Rome, the son of David or Deodatus and nephew of Alberic ...

(died 983), head of the Catholic Church from October 974 to his death in 983 *

Pope Benedict VIII Pope Benedict VIII ( la, Benedictus VIII; c. 980 – 9 April 1024) was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 18 May 1012 until his death. He was born Theophylact to the noble family of the counts of Tusculum. Unusually for a medieva ...

(died 1024), head of the Catholic Church from 18 May 1012 to his death in 1024 *

Pope Benedict IX Pope Benedict IX ( la, Benedictus IX; c. 1012 – c. 1056), born Theophylactus of Tusculum in Rome, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States on three occasions between October 1032 and July 1048. Aged approximately 20 at his first ele ...

(c. 1010–1056), in Rome, was the head of the Catholic Church on three occasions between October 1032 and July 1048 *

Pope Benedict XI Pope Benedict XI ( la, Benedictus PP. XI; 1240 – 7 July 1304), born Nicola Boccasini (Niccolò of Treviso), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 October 1303 to his death in 7 July 1304. Boccasini entered the ...

(1240–1304), head of the Catholic Church from 22 October 1303 to his death in 1304 * Pope Benedict XII (c. 1280–1342), head of the Catholic Church from 20 December 1334 to his death in 1342. He was the third Avignon Pope *

Pope Benedict XIII Pope Benedict XIII ( la, Benedictus XIII; it, Benedetto XIII; 2 February 1649 – 21 February 1730), born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 May ...

(1649–1730), later Friar Vincenzo Maria Orsini, O.P., was the head of the Catholic Church from 29 May 1724 to his death in 1730 *

Pope Benedict XIV Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758. Pope Be ...

(1675–1758), head of the Catholic Church from 17 August 1740 to his death in 1758 *

Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (Latin: ''Benedictus XV''; it, Benedetto XV), born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, name=, group= (; 21 November 185422 January 1922), was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His ...

(1854–1922), head of the Catholic Church from 3 September 1914 to his death in 1922 *

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the soverei ...

(born 1927), Roman Pontiff Emeritus *

Antipope Benedict X Benedict X (died 1073/1080), born Giovanni, was elected to succeed Pope Stephen IX on 5 April 1058, but was opposed by a rival faction that elected Nicholas II. He fled Rome on 24 January 1059 and is today generally regarded as an antipope.Mary ...

(c. 1000–c. 1070), son of Guido (the youngest son of Alberic III, Count of Tusculum), a brother of the notorious Pope Benedict IX (deposed in 1048), a member of the dominant political dynasty in the region at that time *

Antipope Benedict XIII Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor (25 November 1328 – 23 May 1423), known as in Spanish and Pope Luna in English, was an Aragonese nobleman who, as Benedict XIII, is considered an antipope (see Western Schism) by the Catholic Church ...

(1328–1423), known as ''el Papa Luna'' in Spanish, was an Aragonese nobleman, who is officially considered by the Catholic Church to be an antipope * Antipope Benedict XIV, the name used by two closely related minor antipopes of the 15th century

Places

* Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, an area in Los Angeles County, California *

Benedict (crater) Benedict is a small, bowl-shaped crater that lies on the floor of the walled basin Mendeleev. It is located near the lunar equator on the far side of the Moon from the Earth. This crater is circular in shape, with little appearance of wear. ...

, a lunar crater *

Benedict Fjord Benedict Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. The fjord was named by Robert Peary in honor of New York banker and yachtsman E. C. Benedict, one of the promin ...

, Greenland *

Benedict Glacier Benedict Glacier () is a glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquire ...

, Canada *

Benedict, Georgia Benedict is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States ...

, U.S. *

Benedict, Kansas Benedict is a city in Wilson County, Kansas, United States, along the Verdigris River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 69. History Benedict had its start in the year 1866 by the building of the railroad through that terri ...

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Benedict, Maryland Benedict is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland, United States, located on the Patuxent River in southern Maryland. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 261. Demographics History Originally a f ...

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Benedict, Minnesota Benedict is an unincorporated community in Lakeport Township, Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along State Highway 200 ( MN 200) near Laporte and Walker Walker or The Walker may refer to: People * Walker (g ...

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Benedict, Nebraska Benedict is a village in York County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 234 at the 2010 census. History Benedict was platted in 1886 when the Kansas City and Omaha Railroad was extended to that point. It was named for E. C. Benedict, ...

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Benedict, North Dakota Benedict is a city in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 68 at the 2020 census. Benedict was founded in 1906. Geography Benedict is located at (47.830522, -101.082700). According to the United States Census Bureau, ...

, U.S. *

Benedikt, Slovenia Benedikt () is the central settlement in the Municipality of Benedikt in northeastern Slovenia. Before 1998, it was part of the Municipality of Lenart. It lies in the Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice). The area is part of the traditional regio ...

, Slovenia

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Benedict College Benedict College is a private historically black college in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 1870 by northern Baptists, it was originally a teachers' college. It has since expanded to offer majors in many disciplines across the liberal arts ...

, South Carolina, United States *

Benedict International Education Group Benedict International Education Group (Bénédict) is a Switzerland, Swiss group with 80 schools worldwide. History Benedict International Education Group was formed in 1928 by Dr. Gaston Bénédict, a linguist and previous Professor at the Univ ...

, a Swiss group with 80 schools worldwide

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