Benedict

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Benedict of Nursia was the founder of the Benedictine Order and thereby of western monasticism

Benedict may also refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Saints 1.2 Popes 1.3 Antipopes 1.4 From the United States 1.5 From other countries 1.6 Fictional 2 Places 2.1 In north America 2.2 Elsewhere 3 Miscellaneous 4 See also

[edit] People

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Antipopes

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 Roezl Czech botanist

[edit] 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

[edit] Places

[edit] In north America

• Benedict College, South Carolina, USA
• Benedict Glacier, on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Benedict, Kansas, USA
• Benedict, Nebraska, USA
• San Benedicto Island, Mexico
• St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, Ontario, Canada

[edit] Elsewhere

• Benedikt (Slovenia), a municipality in Slovenia
• Benedict (crater), a lunar crater

[edit] Miscellaneous

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

[edit] See also

• São Bento, Portuguese for Saint Benedict
• Benediction
• Benedictine Order