Benedict may refer to:

People

Names

  • Benedict (given name), including a list of people with the given name
  • Benedict (surname), including a list of people with the surname

Religious figures

  • Pope Benedict I (died 579)
  • Pope Benedict II (635–685), who was also a saint
  • Pope Benedict III (died 858)
  • Pope Benedict IV (died 903)
  • Pope Benedict V (died 965)
  • Pope Benedict VI (died 974)
  • Pope Benedict VII (died 983)
  • Pope Benedict VIII (died 1024)
  • Pope Benedict IX (c. 1010 – c. 1056)
  • Pope Benedict XI (1240–1304)
  • Pope Benedict XII (c. 1280 – 1342)
  • Pope Benedict XIII (1649–1730)
  • Pope Benedict XIV (1675–1758)
  • Pope Benedict XV (1854–1922)
  • Pope Benedict XVI (1927–2022)
  • Antipope Benedict X (c. 1000 – c. 1070)
  • Antipope Benedict XIII (1328–1423)
  • Antipope Benedict XIV, either of two closely related 15th century minor antipopes

Places

  • Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, California
  • Benedict (crater), a lunar crater
  • Benedict Fjord, Greenland
  • Benedict Glacier, Canada
  • Benedict, Georgia, U.S.
  • Benedict, Kansas, U.S.
  • Benedict, Maryland, U.S.
  • Benedict, Minnesota, U.S.
  • Benedict, Nebraska, U.S.
  • Benedict, North Dakota, U.S.
  • Benedikt, Slovenia

Other uses

  • Benedict College, South Carolina, United States
  • Benedict International Education Group, a Swiss-based worldwide group of 80 schools
  • Benedict's reagent, a chemical reagent

See also

  • Saint Benedict (disambiguation)
  • São Bento (disambiguation)
  • St Benet (disambiguation)
  • Benediction, a short invocation for divine help
  • Order of Saint Benedict, a Roman Catholic religious order
  • Benedictine (disambiguation)
  • Eggs Benedict, a food dish
  • Benedict's reagent, a test for aldehydes in chemistry