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Benedict of Nursia was the founder of the Benedictine Order and thereby of western monasticism Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Saint Benedict St. ...

Benedict may also refer to:

People

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

Benedict of Aniane (aka Witiza; the Second Benedict) (c 747 - 11 February 821) is a saint born in France. ... Benedict Biscop (628?-690), also known as Biscop Baducing, English churchman, was born of a good Northumbrian family and was for a time a thegn of King Oswiu. ... Saint Bénézet[1] (Benedict, Benezet, Benet, Benoît) the Bridge-Builder (ca. ... Saint Benedict Crispus (Italian: ) was archbishop of Milan from 681 to 725. ... A representation of the sorrowful mendicant, Benedict Joseph Labre. ... St. ...

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

Benedict I (died July 30, 579) was pope from June 2, 575 to his death. ... Pope Saint Benedict II was pope from 684 to 685. ... Benedict III was Pope from September 29, 855 to April 17, 858. ... Benedict IV was pope from ca. ... Benedict V (born in Rome; died July 4, 965), Pope (22 May 964 - 23 June 964), was elected by the Romans on the death of John XII. However the Roman emperor Otto I did not approve of the choice and had him deposed after only a month, and the ex... Benedict VI, Pope (born in Rome, 972 - 974), was chosen with great ceremony and installed as pope under the protection of the Emperor Otto the Great. ... Benedict VII (born in Rome, the son of David, and previously Bishop of Sutri; died 983) belonged to the noble family of the counts of Tusculum. ... Benedict VIII, né Theophylactus (born in Rome, died April 9, 1024), pope (1012-1024), of the noble family of the counts of Tusculum (son of Gregory, Count of Tusculum, and Maria, and brother of John XIX), descended from Theophylact, Count of Tusculum like his predecessor Benedict VI, was opposed by... Benedict IX, né Theophylactus (Rome, c. ... Pope Benedict XI (1240 – July 7, 1304), born Nicholas Boccasini, was Pope from 1303 to 1304 Born in Treviso, he succeeded Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), but was unable to carry out his policies. ... Benedict XII, né Jacques Fournier ( 1280s – April 25, 1342), was Pope from 1334 to 1342. ... Pope Benedict XIII (February 2, 1649 – February 21, 1730), born Pietro Francesco Orsini, later Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was pope from 1724 until his death. ... Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini (Bologna, March 31, 1675 – May 3, 1758 in Rome), was Pope from 17 August 1740 to 3 May 1758. ... Pope Benedict XV (Latin: ), (Italian: Benedetto XV), (November 21, 1854 – January 22, 1922), born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from September 3, 1914 to January 22, 1922; he succeeded Pope Pius X (1903–14). ... Papal Arms of Pope Benedict XVI. The papal tiara was replaced with a bishops mitre, and pallium of the Pope was added beneath the coat of arms. ...

Antipopes

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

Pope/Antipope Benedict X (reigned 1058–1059; died ca. ... Antipope Benedict XIII, born Pedro Martínez de Luna, (b. ... Benedict XIV (died circa 1433) was Counter-Antipope from 1425 to 1433. ...

From the United States

• Benedict Arnold, American general
• Ruth Fulton Benedict American anthropologist
• Clare Benedict American author
• Dirk Benedict (pseudonym) American actor
• Jules Jacques Benois Benedict, American architect
• Stanley Rossiter Benedict, the American chemist who invented Benedict's reagent, a test for reducing sugars.

For other persons named Benedict Arnold, see Benedict Arnold (disambiguation). ... Ruth Benedict (née Fulton) (June 6, 1887 - September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist. ... Clare Benedict (1871-1961) was an American–Swiss chess patron. ... Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner on March 1, 1945) is an American movie and television actor, perhaps best known for playing the characters Lt. ... Jules Jacques Benois Benedict (1879-1948) was one of the most prominent architects in Colorado history, whose works include a number of well-known landmarks and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ... Stanley Rossiter Benedict (1884 – 1936) is an American chemist best known for discovering Benedicts reagent, a solution that detects certain sugars. ...

From other countries

• Joseph Benedict Chifley, Ben Chifley, former Prime Minister of Australia
• Sir Julius Benedict English composer and conductor
• Benedict Carpenter British artist
• Benedict Kearns Head Chorister (2007-2008) of The Choir of Westminster Abbey
• Benedict Roezl Czech botanist

Rt Hon Ben Chifley Joseph Benedict Chifley (September 22, 1885 - June 13, 1951), Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australias most influential Prime Ministers. ... Sir Julius Benedict (November 27, 1804 - June 5, 1885), musical composer, was born in Stuttgart. ... Maquette for a public sculpture by Benedict Carpenter. ... The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often mistaken for one), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... Benedikt Roezl (August 13, 1823, Horoměřice u Prahy - October 14, 1885, Prague) Czech traveller, gardener and botanist. ...

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 of the word "benedict", meaning a newly married man who has long been a bachelor.
• Benedict of Amber, The Chronicles of Amber

Béatrice et Bénédict (Beatrice and Benedict) is a comic opera in two acts by Hector Berlioz. ... Title page of the first quarto (1600) Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... The Chronicles of Amber is a popular fantasy series by Roger Zelazny. ...

Places

In the United States

• Benedict College, South Carolina
• Benedict, Kansas
• Benedict, Nebraska

Benedict College is an historically African-American liberal arts college located in Columbia, South Carolina. ... Benedict is a city located in Wilson County, Kansas. ... Benedict is a village located in York County, Nebraska. ...

In other countries

• Benedikt (Slovenia), a municipality in Slovenia
• San Benedicto Island, Mexico
• St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, Ontario, Canada
• Benoît, France
• Benoît (name)

Area: 24,1 km² Population 2. ... San Benedicto Island San Benedicto, formerly San Tomás, is the third largest island of the Revillagigedo Islands, located at 19°19N, 110°49W. It is 4. ... St. ... Benoit may refer to: Benoit, Mississippi, a US town Benoit, Wisconsin, a US unincorporated community Benoit (name), people with the surname or given name Benoit Benedict, the French pronunciation Benoit Segda, a common name in Burkina Faso Ben Wa balls, a sex toy Categories: | ... Look up Benoit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Miscelleaneous

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

Eggs Benedict Eggs Benedict is a dish that consists of two halves of an English muffin, topped with ham or Canadian bacon (a form of back bacon), poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce. ... Benedicts Reagent (also called Benedicts solution or Benedicts test) is a reagent named after an American chemist, Stanley Rossiter Benedict. ...

See also

• São Bento, Portuguese for Saint Benedict
• Benediction

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