Pope Benedict

Benedict has been the papal name of fifteen Roman Catholic popes. The name is derived from the Latin benedictus, meaning "blessed".

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• Pope Benedict I (575–579)
• Pope Benedict II (saint; 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)
• Antipope Benedict X (1058–1059) – several cardinals alleged that his election was irregular and he was deposed; his papacy, though later declared illegitimate, has been taken into account in the conventional numbering of subsequent popes who took the same name
• Pope Benedict XI (blessed; 1303–1304)
• Pope Benedict XII (1334–1342)
• Antipope Benedict XIII (1394–1423)
• Antipope Benedict XIV (1424–1429, 1430–1437) – two individuals
• Pope Benedict XIII (servant of God; 1724–1730)
• Pope Benedict XIV (1740–1758)
• Pope Benedict XV (1914–1922)
• Pope Benedict XVI (2005–2013)

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