Benedict

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Benedict most commonly refers to Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism (Benedictine).

Benedict may also refer to:

Places

Benedict College, South Carolina, USA
Benedict (crater), a lunar crater
Benedict Glacier, on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
Benedict, Georgia, an unincorporated community
Benedict, Kansas, USA
Benedict, Maryland, USA
Benedict, Minnesota, USA
Benedict, Nebraska, USA
Benedict, North Dakota, USA
Benedikt, Slovenia, a municipality in Slovenia
St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School (disambiguation), several places
Saint Benedict, Louisiana, USA
Saint Benedict, Oregon, USA
San Benedicto Island, Mexico

Schools

Benedict International Education Group, a Swiss group with 80 schools worldwide

Food

Eggs Benedict, an American dish that consists of two halves of an English muffin, topped with ham or bacon, poached eggs, and Hollandaise sauce
Benedictine (spread), a spread/dip made with cucumbers and cream cheese

Science

Benedict's reagent, a test for aldehydes in chemistry

People

Benedict (given name), including a list of people with the given name
Benedict (surname), including a list of people with the surname

Saints

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

Popes

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

Antipopes

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