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Benedict m. Latin benedictus 'blessed'.

The name of a 6th C saint who founded the Benedictine Order, a 7th C Anglo-Saxon saint, an 8th C Italian saint, a 9th C Carolingian saint, an 11th C Hungarian saint, a 12th C French saint, twelve medieval popes, one of whom was also a saint, and four anti-popes.

Czech Republic
Latin
● 1351 Benedicto (abl) chlumecky 2; 1356 Benedicti (gen) ibid. 176, p. 29
England
Latin
● 1298 Benedictus (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 2; 1381 Benedictum (acc) Suffolk1381 p. 79, Benedictus (nom) ibid. p. 76; 1431 Benedictus EEW p. 89
Middle English
● 1431 Benet EEW p. 88
English
● 1530 Bennyt LIWill-III p. 61; 1539 Bennet StAnthonlin p. 1; 1540 Bennet ibid. p. 2; 1575 Bennet BUmar-vol1 p. 25; 1580 Bennett COmar-vol2 p. 122; 1581 Bennett ibid. p. 122, Benntt ibid. p. 122; 1582 Bennett ibid. p. 123; 1589 Benet DEmar-vol2 p. 19; 1593 Bennet DEmar-vol1 p. 86; 1595 Bennett COmar-vol2 p. 123; 1599 Bennet DEmar-vol2 p. 42
Estonia
Middle Low German
● 1434 Benedictus BbRT p. 356
◑ 1592 Bendt Tiik1977 p. 286, Pent ibid. p. 286, Pentz ibid. p. 285
France
Latin
● c550 Benedicti (gen) DCEL-2 Add. I; 11thC Benedictus (nom) StVdM-II 710; 1047x1061 Benedictus (nom) CartNDSaintes XV; 1060 Benedicti (gen) ibid. XIX; 1067x1074 Benedictus (nom) ibid. XIII; 1135 Benedicti (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXVIII; 1180 Benedicti (gen) RotScaNor p. 3; 1301 Benedictus (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 260; 1378 Benedicti (gen) hanquetvol1 1815
Old French
● 1296 Benoist paris1296 p. 32; 1301 Benois (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 233; 1313 Benoist Paris1313 p. 94
Middle French
● 1418 Benoist HGParis p. 378; 1421 Benoit favier 1201
Germany
Latin
● 814 Benedictus (nom) quix-vol1 86; 946 Benedicti (gen) HambUrk-vol1 XXXIV
Early New High German
● 1497 Benedick Nurn1497 754
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Benetti (gen) BBC-Berg 200; 1326 Benedictus (nom) Friuli-14thC no. 428; 1348 Benedicti (gen) INP 15, Benedicto (abl) ibid. 15, Benedictus (nom) ibid. 15; 1522x1532 Benedictus (nom) DSF p. 52, 37; 1527 Benedicti (gen) Rome1527 p. 83, Benedictus (nom) ibid. p. 83
◑ 1285 Benedictoli (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154
Spain
Latin
● 1488 Benedicti (gen) carbonell p. 23; 1490 Benedicti (gen) ibid. p. 40
Catalan
● 1510 Benedito valencia1510 3256, Benet ibid. 3740
Sweden
Old Swedish
● 1383 Beinctz (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1930, Beincz (gen) ibid. no. 1928, Beintz (gen) ibid. no. 1902, Benc (gen) ibid. no. 1932, Bendictz (gen) ibid. no. 1906, Benedictzs ibid. no. 1948, Beynt ibid. no. 1902, Bæint ibid. no. 1926, Bændix (gen) ibid. no. 1911
Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Benedict". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Benedict.