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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 (nom) EEW p. 89
Middle English
● 1431 Benet EEW p. 88
Early Modern 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
Early Modern Swedish
● 1595 Bengt (nom) Hiiumaa p. 120
◑ 1564 Bencht (nom) Hiiumaa p. 102; 1565 Bengtt (nom) ibid. p. 102; 1576 Benth (nom) ibid. p. 49; 1577 Benth (nom) ibid. p. 120; 1583 Bent (nom) ibid. p. 120; 1589 Bengt (nom) ibid. p. 126
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
◑ 1548 Bencts (gen) Audén1980 p. 168
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; 1179 Benedicto (abl) clairvaux-12thc 176; 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; 1303 Benoit (nom) ArchCambIII p. 152; 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
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Benedictus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 16
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; 1376 Benedicto (abl) DouGen1 p. 23; 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; 1491 Benedicti (gen) ibid. p. 59, Benedictus (nom) ibid. p. 56, Benet (nom) ibid. p. 58; 1492 Benedicti (gen) ibid. p. 67, Benedictus (nom) ibid. p. 66
Catalan
● 1510 Benedito valencia1510 3256, Benet ibid. 3740
Sweden
Latin
● 1350 Benedicti (gen) SDHK no. 6055, Benedicto (dat) ibid. no. 6023, Benedictus (nom) ibid. no. 6002, Bændiks (gen) ibid. no. 6042
Old Swedish
● 1383 Bendictz (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1906, Benedictzs ibid. no. 1948, Bændix (gen) ibid. no. 1911
◑ 1383 Beinctz (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1930, Beincz (gen) ibid. no. 1928, Beintz (gen) ibid. no. 1902, Benc (gen) ibid. no. 1932, Beynt ibid. no. 1902, Bæint ibid. no. 1926
Wales
Latin
● 1497 Benet (nom) ArchCambIII p. 68
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. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Benedict.