Benedict

Benedict is a masculine given name. It comes from the Latin 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:

Schools

Benedict International Education Group

People

Saints

Benedict of Aniane
Benedict Biscop
Benedict the Bridge-Builder, also known as Bénézetikto baho
Benedict Crispus
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), current pontiff

Antipopes

Other

Given name

Benedict Anderson, Professor Emeritus of International Studies at Cornell University
Benedict Arnold, American general
Benedict Carpenter, British artist (Sculptor)
Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor
Joseph Benedict Chifley, former Prime Minister of Australia
Benedikt Roezl, Czech botanist
Princess Benedikte of Denmark

Surname

Aaron Benedict (1785-1873), Member of Connecticut state house of representatives; member of Connecticut state senate 5th District, 1858. Businessman; founder and president of Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co., predecessor of Timex.
Al Benedict, Pennsylvania state auditor general; elected 1980
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
George Wyllys Benedict (1796-1871), Professor of Mathematics & Natural Philosophy, President of the University of Vermont, 1825-1847
Howard Benedict, a lacrosse coach
Jacques Benedict, American architect
Sir Julius Benedict, English composer and conductor
Lawrence Neal Benedict (b. 1942), Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Cape Verde, 1996
Paul Benedict (1938-2008), American actor
Pinckney Benedict, Writer of Appalachian fiction
Shajulin Benedict (2004), Grid/Cloud Researcher
Richard Benedict, Italian-born television and film actor and director
Rob Benedict, American stage and screen actor
Roger Benedict, violinist and conductor
Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist
Samuel Benedict (1645-1719) (1645-1719), Cofounder of Danbury, Connecticut
Stanley Rossiter Benedict, the American chemist who invented Benedict's reagent, a test for reducing sugars
Terry Joseph Benedict, Rear Admiral, US Navy; Director of Strategic Systems Programs
William Benedict, actor

In other languages

Aragonese: Benedet
Breton: Beneat
Bulgarian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
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, Benetto, Benito
Latin: Benedíctus
Latvian: Benedikts, Bendiks, Benis
Lithuanian: Benediktas
Macedonian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
Norwegian: Bendik, Benedikt, Bengt
Polish: Benedykt
Portuguese: Benedicto, Benedito, Bento
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. The character is the source of the word "benedict", meaning a newly married man who has long been a bachelor
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