Benedict
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (a.) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
(2): (n.) Alt. of Benedick
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The name of fourteen popes: '
Romans 574 to 575; '
Romans 684 to 685;
Romans 855 to 858;
Romans 900 to 907;
Romans 964 to 965;
Romans 972 to 974;
Romans 975 to 984;
Romans 1012 to 1024; extended the territory of the Church by conquest, and effected certain clerical reforms;
Romans 1033 to 1048, a licentious man, and deposed;
Romans 1058 to 1059;
Romans 1303 to 1304;
Romans 1334 to 1342;
Romans 1724 to 1730;
Romans 1740 to 1758. Of all the popes of this name it would seem there is only one worthy of special mention.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(See Benedetti); (See Benedictus); (See Benoit).
(Lat. Benedictus Britannicus), a Dominican Of Brescia, in Lombardy, who lived in the 15th century, left 53 sermons. Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v.