Pope Benedict

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Benedict is the regnal name of the current Roman pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI (2005–present) and has been the name of fourteen or fifteen other popes, depending on whether Benedict X is counted as a pope or antipope:

Pope Benedict I (575–579)
Pope Benedict II (684–685)
Pope Benedict III (855–858)
Pope Benedict IV (900–903)
Pope Benedict V (964)
Pope Benedict VI (972–974)
Pope Benedict VII (974–983)
Pope Benedict VIII (1012–1024)
Pope Benedict IX (1032–1044, 1045–1046 & 1047–1048)
Pope Benedict X (1058–1059) (officially considered an antipope)
Pope Benedict XI (1303–1304)
Pope Benedict XII (1334–1342)
Pope Benedict XIIIa (1394)- See below
Pope Benedict XIII (1724–1730)
Pope Benedict XIV (1740–1758)
Pope Benedict XV (1914–1922)
Pope Benedict XVI (2005–present)

Three antipopes also called Benedict:

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