Benedict

Benedict, the name of fourteen popes: B. I., from 574 to 575; B. II., from 684 to 685; B. III., from 855 to 858; B. IV., from 900 to 907; B. V., from 964 to 965; B. VI., from 972 to 974; B. VII., from 975 to 984; B. VIII., from 1012 to 1024; extended the territory of the Church by conquest, and effected certain clerical reforms; B. IX., from 1033 to 1048, a licentious man, and deposed; B. X., from 1058 to 1059; B. XI., from 1303 to 1304; B. XII., from 1334 to 1342; B. XIII., from 1724 to 1730; B. XIV., from 1740 to 1758. Of all the popes of this name it would seem there is only one worthy of special mention.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Benedetti, Count Vincent * Benedict XIV.
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Ben Lomond
Ben Nevis
Ben Rhydding
Benares
Benbow, John
Bencoolen
Bender
Benedek, Ludwig von
Benedetti, Count Vincent
Benedict
Benedict XIV.
Benedict, Biscop
Benedict, St.
Benedict, Sir Julius
Benedictines
Benedictus
Benefit of Clergy
Be`neke, Friedrich Eduard
Benenge`li
Bénetier

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Benedict in Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable