Benedict

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Benedict is masculine given name. He is latine qord benedictus, meaning "blessed".

Benedict most commonly refers to Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism. It may also may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Saints 1.2 Popes 1.3 Antipopes 1.4 Other 1.4.1 Given name 1.4.2 Surname 1.5 In other languages 1.6 Fictional 2 Places 3 Miscellaneous 4 See also

[edit] People

[edit] Saints

• Benedict of Aniane
• Benedict Biscop
• Benedict the Bridge-Builder, also known as Bénézet
• Benedict Crispus
• Benedict Joseph Labre
• Benedict the Moor, also known as Benedict the Black

[edit] Popes

• Pope Benedict I
• Pope Benedict II, also a saint
• Pope Benedict III
• Pope Benedict IV
• Pope Benedict V
• Pope Benedict VI
• Pope Benedict VII
• Pope Benedict VIII
• Pope Benedict IX
• Pope Benedict XI
• Pope Benedict XII
• Pope Benedict XIII
• Pope Benedict XIV
• Pope Benedict XV
• Pope Benedict XVI, current pontiff

[edit] Antipopes

• Antipope Benedict X
• Antipope Benedict XIII
• Antipope Benedict XIV

[edit] Other

[edit] Given name

• Benedict Arnold, American general
• Benedict Carpenter, British artist
• Joseph Benedict Chifley (Ben Chifley), former Prime Minister of Australia
• Benedikt Roezl, Czech botanist
• Benedict, French & Argentinean artist

[edit] Surname

• Clare Benedict, American author
• Dirk Benedict (pseudonym), American actor
• Jacques Benedict, American architect
• Sir Julius Benedict, English composer and conductor
• Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist
• Stanley Rossiter Benedict, the American chemist who invented Benedict's reagent, a test for reducing sugars

[edit] In other languages

• Aragonese: Benedet
• Breton: Beneat
• Bulgarian: Бенедикт
• Catalan : Benet
• Croatian : Benedikt
• Danish: Benedikt, Bendt, Bent
• Czech: Benedikt, Beneš
• Dutch: Benedictus
• English: Benedict
• Finnish: Pentti
• French: Bénédicte (female), Benoît (male)
• Galician: Bieito
• German: Benedikt
• Greek: Βενέδικτος (Venediktos)
• Hungarian: Benedek
• Italian: Benedetto, Benito
• Latin: Benedictus
• Latvian: Benedikts, Bendiks, Benis
• Norwegian: Benedikt, Bengt
• Polish: Benedykt
• Portuguese: Benedito, Bento
• Provençal: Bénézet
• Romanian: Benedict
• Russian: Венедикт
• Serbian: Бенедикт
• Slovak: Benedikt
• Slovenian: Benedikt
• Spanish: Benedicto, Benito, Benicio
• Swedish: Benedikt, Bengt
• Yiddish: Benesh

[edit] Fictional

• Bénédict the title character in Berlioz's opera Béatrice et Bénédict
• Benedick, a character from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. The character is the source of the word "benedict", meaning a newly married man who has long been a bachelor.

[edit] Places

• Benedict College, South Carolina, USA
• Benedict (crater), a lunar crater
• Benedict Glacier, on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Benedict, Kansas, USA
• Benedict, Maryland, USA
• Benedict, Nebraska, USA
• Benedikt (Slovenia), a municipality in Slovenia
• St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, Ontario, Canada
• Saint Benedict, Oregon, USA
• San Benedicto Island, Mexico

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Eggs Benedict, a breakfast dish
• Benedict's reagent, a test for aldehydes in Chemistry

[edit] See also

• São Bento, Portuguese for Saint Benedict
• Benediction
• Benedictine Order

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