Pope Benedict

Benedict is the regnal name of the current Roman pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI (2005–present) and has been the name of fourteen other popes (and three antipopes):

  • 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 XI (1303–1304)
  • Pope Benedict XII (1334–1342)
  • Pope Benedict XIII (1724–1730)
  • Pope Benedict XIV (1740–1758)
  • Pope Benedict XV (1914–1922)
  • Pope Benedict XVI (2005–present)

Two or three antipopes also called Benedict:

  • Antipope Benedict X (considered by some to be pope, but officially an antipope)
  • Antipope Benedict XIII
  • Antipope Benedict XIV

Famous quotes containing the words pope and/or benedict:

    “To be, contents his natural desire;
    He asks no Angel’s wing, no Seraph’s fire;
    But thinks, admitted to that equal sky,
    His faithful dog shall bear him company.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “The trouble with life isn’t that there is no answer, it’s that there are so many answers.”
    —Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)