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

See also

• Benedict

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