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:

    “Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
    Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “The Japanese are, to the highest degree, both aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable, submissive and resentful of being pushed around, loyal and treacherous, brave and timid, conservative and hospitable to new ways.”
    —Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)