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Thinkbabynames.com Etymologically, it is derived from the Latin words ''bene'' ('good') and ''dicte'' ('speak'), i.e. "well spoken". The name was borne by Saint Benedict of Nursia (480–547), often called the founder of Western Christian monasticism.

Forms of Benedict in different languages

List of people with the given name Benedict, Benedikt, Bénédict, or Bennedict

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Saints

* Benedict of Nursia (480–547), Italian monk, founder of the Benedictine order of monasticism *

Benedict of Aniane Benedict of Aniane ( la, Benedictus Anianensis; german: Benedikt von Aniane; 747 – 12 February 821 AD), born Witiza and called the Second Benedict, was a Benedictine monk and monastic reformer, who left a large imprint on the religious prac ...

(747–821), Benedictine monk and monastic reformer *

Benedict Biscop Benedict Biscop (pronounced "bishop"; – 690), also known as Biscop Baducing, was an Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory (where he also founded the famous library) and was considered a saint after his death. Lif ...

(628–690), Anglo-Saxon abbot * Benedict (bishop of Milan) (died 732), archbishop of Milan * Benedict of Szkalka (died 1012), Hungarian Benedictine monk * Benedict the Bridge-Builder (ca. 1163–1184), also known as Bénézet * Benedict the Moor (1526–1589), also known as Benedict the Black *

Benedict Joseph Labre Benedict Joseph Labre (french: Benoît-Joseph Labre, 25 March 1748 – 16 April 1783) was a French mendicant, Franciscan tertiary, and Catholic saint. Labre was from a well to do family near Arras, France. After attempting a monastic lifestyle ...

(1748–1783), French Franciscan mendicant * Benedict Menni (1841–1914), Italian priest

Popes and antipopes

* Pope Benedict I ( died 579), pope from 575 to 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), pope in 684/685, 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), pope from 855 to 858 * Pope Benedict IV (died 903), pope from 900 to 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), pope in 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), pope in 973/974 *

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), pope from 974 to 983 * Pope Benedict VIII (died 1024), pope from 1012 to 1024 * Pope Benedict IX (c. 1010–1056), pope on three occasions between 1032 and 1048 * Antipope Benedict X (c. 1000–c. 1070) *

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), pope from 1303 to 1304 * Pope Benedict XII (c. 1280–1342), pope from 1334 to 1342 *

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) * Antipope Benedict XIV, the name used by two closely related minor antipopes of the 15th century *

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), pope from 1724 to 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), pope from 1740 to 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), pope from 1914 to 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

Other

Benedict (archbishop of Edessa) Benedict (flourished ''c''.1098–1104) was the first archbishop of Edessa of the Latin rite. He was probably appointed soon after Count Baldwin I founded the county of Edessa in 1098. He was consecrated by Patriarch Daimbert of Jerusalem in Decem ...

(flourished c.1098–1104), first archbishop of Edessa of the Latin rite * Benedict (canon of St. Peter's) (12th century), religious and liturgical writer of Rome * Benedict of Bari (fl. 1227), monk and religious author * Benedict of Poland (1200–1280), Polish Franciscan friar, traveler, explorer, and interpreter * Benedict, Duke of Finland (1254–1291), Swedish prelate bishop and duke *

Benedikt Kotruljević Benedetto Cotrugli ( hr, Benedikt "Beno" Kotruljević; 1416–1469) was a Ragusan merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist. Life Cotrugli was born in the city of Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik), part of the Republic of Ragusa. As a dip ...

(1416–1469), Ragusan Renaissance humanist * Benedikt Rejt (1450–1533), Bohemian architect * Benedikt Kuripečič (1491–1531), Slovene diplomat * Benedikt Dreyer (1495–1555), German sculptor, carver and painter * Benedict Goëz (1562–1697), Portuguese Jesuit missionary and explorer (Bento de Góis) * Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677), Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Sephardi descent *

Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter (baptised 21 February 1665, Kitzbühel – buried 24 January 1742, Passau) was an Austrian Baroque composer. Aufschnaiter received much of his musical education in Vienna, where he lived for several years. Later he got ...

(1665–1742), Austrian Baroque composer * Benedict Arnold (1741–1801), American general who after 1779 shifted his allegiance to the British * Benedikt Schack (1758–1826), Bohemian composer and tenor * Benedict Fogelberg (1786–1854), Swedish sculptor * Benedict Arnold (congressman) (1789–1849), American politician representing New York State * Benedikt Waldeck (1802–1870), Progressive Prussian politician * Benedict Morel (1809–1873), French psychiatrist *

Benedict Stilling Benedikt Stilling (11 February 1810 – 28 January 1879) was a German anatomist and surgeon who was a native of Kirchhain. He was the father of German ophthalmologist Jakob Stilling (1842–1915). In 1832 he received his doctorate from the Univ ...

(1810–1879), German anatomist and surgeon *

Benedikt Roezl Benedikt Roezl (13 August 1824, Horomeritz (Bohemia, Austrian Empire) – 14 October 1885, Prague) was a traveller, gardener and botanist (sometimes Benedict or Benito Roezl as called by the Indians). Probably the most famous collector of orchid ...

(1824–1885), Austrian botanist * Benedict Balansa (1825–1891), French botanist *

Benedikt Niese Jürgen Anton Benedikt Niese (24 November 1849 – 1 February 1910), also known as Benedict, Benediktus or Benedictus Niese, was a German Classical antiquity, classical scholar. Niese was born in Burg auf Fehmarn, Burg, on the island of Fehma ...

(1849–1910), German classical scholar * Benedict Friedlaender (1866–1908), German zoologist and sexologist *

Bénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner Bénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner (1873-1959) was a Swiss botanist and plant taxonomist.Nationaal Herbarium NederlandBiographical page retrieved 2009-03-30 A native of Saint-Gall, he studied theology and natural sciences in Geneva. In 1896 he ...

(1873–1959), Swiss botanist and plant taxonomist * Benedict Chifley (1885–1951), Australian Prime Minister * Benedikt Livshits (1887–1938), Russian poet, writer and translator * Benedict I of Jerusalem (1892–1980), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem *

Benedict Wallet Vilakazi Benedict Wallet Vilakazi (6 January 1906 – 26 October 1947) was a South African novelist, a descendant of the Zulu royal family, and author of Romantic poetry in the Zulu language. Vilakazi was also a professor at the University of Witwate ...

(1906–1947), South African Zulu poet, novelist, and educator *

Benedict Gregorios Benedict Mor Gregorios (1 February 1916 – 10 October 1994) was the second metropolitan archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. Life Gregorios or "Thangalathil Thirumeni" was born and raised in the Malankara Orthodox Church in Kalloo ...

(1916–1994), Metropolitan Archbishop of the Malankara Church *

Benedict Kiely Benedict "Ben" Kiely (15 August 1919 – 9 February 2007) was an Irish writer and broadcaster from Omagh, County Tyrone. Early life Kiely was born near Dromore, County Tyrone and was a student at the Christian Brothers School in Omagh. In 1 ...

(1919–2007), Irish writer and broadcaster * Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924–2010), Prime Minister of Iceland *

Benedict Anderson Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (August 26, 1936 – December 13, 2015) was an Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian who lived and taught in the United States. Anderson is best known for his 1983 book '' Imagined Communities'', which e ...

(1936–2015), Irish political scientist and historian of South East Asia * Benedict Erofeev (1938–1990), Russian writer and Soviet dissident * Benedict Daswa (1946–1990), South African school principal and mob murder victim * Benedict Gross (born 1950), American mathematician * Benedict F. Kiernan (born 1953), American historian * Benedikt Jóhannesson (born 1955), Icelandic publisher, businessman and politician * Benedict Campbell (born 1957), Canadian actor * Benedict Iroha (born 1969), Nigerian footballer * Benedict Jackson (born 1967), English golfer *

Benedict Wong Benedict Wong (born 3 July 1971) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Kublai Khan in Netflix's ''Marco Polo'' (2014–2016), Bruce Ng in '' The Martian'' (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since ''Doctor Strange'' (2 ...

(born 1971), English actor * Benedict Akwuegbu (born 1974), Nigerian footballer *

Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Oli ...

(born 1976), English actor * Benedict McCarthy (born 1977), South African footballer * Benedict Wells (born 1984), German-Swiss novelist *

Benedikt Höwedes Benedikt Höwedes (born 29 February 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent the majority of his playing career for Schalke 04, which he captained for six seasons, and represented the Germany national ...

(born 1988), German footballer * Benedikt Doll (born 1990), German biathlete * Bennedict Mathurin (born 2002), Canadian basketball player

Fictional characters

*Benedick, a character from Shakespeare's ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...

'' * Benedict of Amber, from the ''

Chronicles of Amber ''The Chronicles of Amber'' is a series of fantasy novels by American writer Roger Zelazny. The main series consists of two story arcs, each five novels in length. Additionally, there are a number of Amber short stories and other works. Four a ...

'' *Bénédict, the title character in Berlioz's opera '' Béatrice et Bénédict''

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