Benedict

Benedict is a masculine given name. It comes from the Latin benedictus, meaning "blessed" and most commonly refers to Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism (Benedictine). The Italian equivalent is Benedetto.

The name Benedict may also refer to:

Schools

• Benedict International Education Group

Food

• Eggs Benedict

People

Saints

• Benedict of Aniane
• Benedict Biscop
• Benedict the Bridge-Builder, also known as Bénézet
• Benedict (bishop of Milan), archbishop of Milan from c. 685 to c. 732
• Benedict Joseph Labre
• Benedict the Moor, also known as Benedict the Black
• Benedict of Nursia
• Benedict of Szkalka

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 (born 1927), Roman Pontiff Emeritus

Antipopes

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

Other

Given name

• Benedict Anderson (b. 1936), American professor emeritus of international studies at Cornell University
• Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), American general, and traitor
• Benedict Carpenter (b. 1975), British sculptor
• Benedict Cumberbatch (b. 1976), English actor
• Ben Chifley (Joseph Benedict Chifley) (1885-1951), prime minister of Australia
• Benedict J. Semmes, Jr. (1913-1994), American admiral
• Benedict Joseph Semmes (1789-1863), American politician
• Benedikt Roezl (1823-1885), Czech botanist
• Princess Benedikte of Denmark (b. 1944)

Surname

• Bruce Benedict, American former professional baseball player, coach and scout
• Charles Benedict (disambiguation), multiple people
• Cleveland Keith Benedict (b. 1935), U.S. Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1981-83; West Virginia commissioner of agriculture, 1989-92; member of Republican National Committee from West Virginia, 1991
• Clare Benedict, American author
• Clint Benedict, Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
• Dirk Benedict (pseudonym), American actor
• Ed Benedict, American animator and layout artist
• Erastus C. Benedict (1800–1880), New York politician
• Howard Benedict, a lacrosse coach
• Jacques Benedict, American architect
• Sir Julius Benedict, English composer and conductor
• Paul Benedict (1938-2008), American actor
• Pinckney Benedict, Writer of Appalachian fiction
• Richard Benedict, Italian-born television and film actor and director
• Rob Benedict, American stage and screen actor
• Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist
• Stanley Rossiter Benedict, the American chemist who invented Benedict's reagent, a test for reducing sugars
• William Benedict, actor

In other languages

• Aragonese: Benedet
• Arabic: مبارك ("Mubarak", meaning 'blessed')
• Breton: Benead
• Bulgarian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
• Catalan : Benet
• Croatian : Benedikt
• Danish: Benedikt, Bendt, Bent
• Czech: Benedikt, Beneš
• Dutch: Benedictus
• English: Benedict
• Filipino: Benito
• Finnish: Pentti
• French: Bénédicte, Benoîte (female), Benoît (male)
• Galician: Bieito
• German: Benedikt
• Greek: Βενέδικτος (Venediktos)
• Hebrew: ברוך (ba-ruch, meaning 'blessed')
• Hungarian: Benedek
• Italian: Benedetto, Benetto, Benito
• Indonesian: Benediktus
• Latin: Benedictus
• Latvian: Benedikts, Bendiks, Benis
• Lithuanian: Benediktas
• Macedonian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
• Norwegian: Bendik, Benedikt, Bengt
• Polish: Benedykt
• Portuguese: Bento, Benedito, Benedita (feminine)
• Provençal: Bénézet
• Romanian: Benedict
• Russian: Венедикт (Venedikt)
• Serbian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
• Slovak: Benedikt
• Slovenian: Benedikt
• Spanish: Benedicto, Benito
• Swedish: Benedikt, Benkt, Bengt
• Ukrainian: Бенедікт (Benedikt)
• Yiddish: Benesh

Fictional

• Bénédict the title character in Berlioz's opera Béatrice et Bénédict
• Benedick, a character from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
• Terry Benedict, a villain in Ocean's Eleven
• Benedict of Amber, from the Chronicles of Amber

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 (disambiguation), several places
• Saint Benedict, Oregon, USA
• San Benedicto Island, Mexico

Miscellaneous

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

See also

• São Bento (disambiguation), Portuguese for Saint Benedict, several meanings
• Benediction
• Order of Saint Benedict