Benedict
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Contents
People
- Saint Benedict of Nursia/Italy (fl. 6th century), founder of the Benedictine Order.
- Pope Benedict XVI, the current Pope
- Benedict Arnold, American general
Earlier popes
- Pope Benedict I
- Pope Benedict II (see below)
- Pope Benedict III
- Pope Benedict IV
- Pope Benedict V
- Pope Benedict VI
- Pope Benedict VII
- Pope Benedict VIII
- Pope Benedict IX
- Pope Benedict X (actually an antipope, see below)
- Pope Benedict XI
- Pope Benedict XII
- Pope Benedict XIII
- Pope Benedict XIV
- Pope Benedict XV
- Pope Benedict XVI
Saints
- Benedict of Aniane
- Benedict Biscop
- Pope Benedict II
- Benedict Joseph Labre
- Benedict of Nursia (founder of Western monasticism)
Antipopes
Other people
- Thomas Benedict (1617-1689) English progenitor of Benedicts in America
- Ruth Fulton Benedict American anthropologist
- Harry Yandell Benedict American astronomer and educator
- Sir Julius Benedict English composer and conductor
- Clare Benedict American author
- Dirk Benedict (pseudonym) American actor
- The title character in Berlioz's opera Béatrice et Bénédict.
Towns
- Benedikt (Slovenia), a municipality in Slovenia
United States
- Benedict, Kansas
- Benedict, Maryland
- Benedict, Nebraska
- Benedict, New York
Other
- Benedict College, in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
- Eggs Benedict, a breakfast dish
- Benedict's reagent, a test for aldehydes in Chemistry
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