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Benedict is a masculine given name, which comes from Late Latin word Benedictus, meaning blessed. 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, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism. The Italian equivalent is Benedetto.
Benedict of Aniane (747–821), Benedictine monk and monastic reformer, who left a large imprint on the religious practice of the Carolingian Empire
Benedict Biscop (628–690), Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory (where he also founded the famous library) and was considered a saint after his death
Benedict the Bridge-Builder, also known as Bénézet
Benedict (bishop of Milan) (died 732), archbishop of Milan from c. 685 to c. 732
Benedict Joseph Labre (1748–1783), French mendicant, Franciscan tertiary and Roman Catholic saint
Benedict the Moor (1526–1589), also known as Benedict the Black
Benedict of Nursia (480–c. 540), Christian saint, honored by the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students
Benedict of Szkalka, born Stojislav in Nitra (Nyitra), Hungarian Kingdom, was a Benedictine monk and Roman Catholic saint
Pope Benedict I (died 579), head of the Catholic Church from 2 June 575 to his death in 579
Pope Benedict II (635–685), also a saint
Pope Benedict III (died 858), head of the Catholic Church from 29 September 855 to his death in 858
Pope Benedict IV (died 903), head of the Catholic Church from 1 February 900 to his death in 903
Pope Benedict V (died 965), head of the Catholic Church from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Pope Leo VIII
Pope Benedict VI (died 974), head of the Catholic Church from 19 January 973 to his death in 974
Pope Benedict VII (died 983), head of the Catholic Church from October 974 to his death in 983
Pope Benedict VIII (died 1024), head of the Catholic Church from 18 May 1012 to his death in 1024
Pope Benedict IX (c. 1010–1056), in Rome, was the head of the Catholic Church on three occasions between October 1032 and July 1048
Pope Benedict XI (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 (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 (1675–1758), head of the Catholic Church from 17 August 1740 to his death in 1758
Pope Benedict XV (1854–1922), head of the Catholic Church from 3 September 1914 to his death in 1922
Pope Benedict XVI (born 1927), Roman Pontiff Emeritus
Antipope Benedict X (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 (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
Benedict Biscop (c. 628 – 690) Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory
Benedict of Peterborough (died 1194), Abbot of Peterborough.
Benedict of Poland (ca. 1200 – ca. 1280 Polish Franciscan friar, traveler, explorer, and interpreter.
Benedict of Soracte tenth-century Italian chronicler,
Benedict, Duke of Finland (1254 - 25 May 1291), Swedish prelate and duke.
Benedict Arnold (governor) (1615 – 1678), president and then governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,
Benedict Arnold (1741–1801), American general who served the cause of the American Revolution until 1779, when he shifted his allegiance to the British.
Benedict Arnold (congressman) (1780 – 1849), American politician from New York, and a member of the House of Representatives.
Benedict Joseph Semmes (1789–1863), American politician
Bénédict Morel (1809 – 1873) was a French psychiatrist
Benedikt Roezl (1823–1885), Czech botanist
Benedict Crowell (1869 -1952) United States military officer and politician
Bénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner (1873-1959) was a Swiss botanist and plant taxonomist.
Ben Chifley (Joseph Benedict Chifley, 1885–1951), Prime Minister of Australia
Benedict J. Semmes, Jr. (1913–1994), American admiral
Benedict Anderson (born 1936), American professor emeritus of international studies at Cornell University
Benedict Nightingale (born 1939), British journalist and theatre critic
Princess Benedikte of Denmark (born 1944), HRH The Prince Consort
Benedict Allen (born 1960) is a British writer, traveller and adventurer
Benedict "Ben" Kay (born 1975), retired England rugby union international
Benedict Cumberbatch (born 1976), English actor
Benedikt Höwedes (born 1988), German footballer
Benedick, a character from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
Benedict of Amber, from the Chronicles of Amber
Bénédict the title character in Berlioz's opera Béatrice et Bénédict
Benedict of Amber, from the Chronicles of Amber
Benedict of Amber, from the Chronicles of Amber
Assamese: বেনেডিক্ট
Aragonese: Benedet
Arabic: مبارك ("Mubarak", meaning 'blessed')
Belarusian: Бэнэдыкт ( Benedykt)
Bengali: বেনেডিক্ট ( Bēnēḍikṭa)
Breton: Benead
Bulgarian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
Catalan : Benet
Croatian: Benedikt, Benko
Czech: Benedikt, Beneš
Danish: Benedikt, Bendt, Bent
Dutch: Benedictus
English: Benedict
Esperanto: Benedikto
Filipino: Benito
Finnish: Pentti
French: Bénédicte, Benoîte (female), Benoît (male)
Galician: Bieito, Bento
Georgian: ბენედიქტ (Benedik’t)
German: Benedikt
Greek: Βενέδικτος (Venediktos)
Gujarati: બેનેડિક્ટ (Bēnēḍikṭa)
Hebrew: ברוך (ba-ruch, meaning 'blessed')
Hungarian: Benedek
Icelandic: Benedikt
Indonesian: Benediktus
Irish: Beinidict
Italian: Benedetto
Japanese: ベネディクト ( Benedikuto)
Kannada: ಬೆನೆಡಿಕ್ಟ್ (Beneḍikṭ)
Korean: 베네딕트 (Benedigteu)
Latin: Benedictus
Latvian: Benedikts, Bendiks, Benis
Lithuanian: Benediktas
Macedonian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
Marathi: बेनेडिक्ट ( Bēnēḍikṭa)
Nepali: बेनेडिक्ट ( Bēnēḍikṭa)
Norwegian: Bendik, Benedikt, Bengt
Polish: Benedykt
Portuguese: Bento, Benedito, Benedita (feminine)
Provençal: Bénézet
Punjabi: ਬੈਨੇਡਿਕਟ ( Bainēḍikaṭa)
Romanian: Benedict
Russian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
Serbian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
Slovak: Benedikt, Beňadik
Slovenian: Benedikt
Spanish: Benedicto, Benito
Swedish: Benedikt, Benkt, Bengt
Thai: เบเนดิกต์ (Benedikt̒)
Ukrainian: Бенедікт (Benedikt), Бенедикт ( Benedykt)
Yiddish: Benesh
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