Benedict is a masculine given name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed". Etymologically, it is derived from the Latin words bene ('good') and dicere ('speak'), i.e. "well spoken". The name was borne by Saint Benedict of Nursia (480–547), often called the founder of Western Christian monasticism.
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List of people with the given name Benedict, Bénédict, or Bennedict
For a complete list, see All pages with titles beginning with Benedict, All pages with titles beginning with Bennedict, or Bénédict.
See also Benedikt.
Saints
Benedict of Nursia (480–547), Italian monk, founder of the Benedictine order of monasticism
Benedict of Aniane (747–821), Benedictine monk and monastic reformer
Benedict Biscop (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 (c. 1163 – 1184), also known as Bénézet
Benedict the Moor (1526–1589), also known as Benedict the Black
Benedict Joseph Labre (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 (635–685), pope in 684/685, also a saint
Pope Benedict III (died 858), pope from 855 to 858
Pope Benedict IV (died 903), pope from 900 to 903
Pope Benedict V (died 965), pope in 964, in opposition to Pope Leo VIII
Pope Benedict VI (died 974), pope in 973/974
Pope Benedict VII (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 (1240–1304), pope from 1303 to 1304
Pope Benedict XII (c. 1280 – 1342), pope from 1334 to 1342
Antipope Benedict XIII (1328–1423)
Antipope Benedict XIV, the name used by two closely related minor antipopes of the 15th century
Pope Benedict XIII (1649–1730), pope from 1724 to 1730
Pope Benedict XIV (1675–1758), pope from 1740 to 1758
Pope Benedict XV (1854–1922), pope from 1914 to 1922
Other
Benedict (archbishop of Edessa) (fl. urished 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 I of Jerusalem (1892–1980), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677), Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Sephardi descent
Benedict Akwuegbu (born 1974), Nigerian footballer
Benedict Anderson (1936–2015), Irish political scientist and historian of South East Asia
Benedict Anton Aufschnaiter (1665–1742), Austrian Baroque composer
Benedict Arnold (1741–1801), American general who after 1779 shifted his allegiance to the British
Benedict Arnold (congressman) (1789–1849), American politician from New York
Benedict Balansa (1825–1891), French botanist
Benedict Birnberg (1930–2023), British solicitor and human rights campaigner
Benedict Blythe (2016-2021), British child, namesake of Benedict's Law
Fictional characters
Benedict, a chicken villager from the Animal Crossing series
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 Bridgerton, a character in the period drama Bridgerton, as well as the novels the television series is based on