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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Benedicta f. Latin benedicta 'blessed'.

England
Latin
● 1189 Beneita (nom) GASurv p. 183
Early Modern English
● 1578 Bennet StAnthonlin p. 26
France
Latin
● c968 Benedicta (nom) CartSavII 3, Benedicte (gen) ibid. 3
Old French
● 1313 Benoite Paris1313 p. 41
Middle French
● 1562 Benoiste RegPCC-1 p. 9; 1564 Benoiste ibid. p. 53; 1565 Benoiste ibid. p. 113; 1566 Beneste ibid. p. 221; 1567 Beneste ibid. p. 343; 1570 Beneste ibid. p. 427
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Benedicta (nom) BBC-Berg 118; 1522x1532 Benedecta (nom) DSF p. 51, 24; 1527 Benedicta (nom) Rome1527 p. 87
Spain
Latin
● 1488 Benedicta (nom) carbonell-I p. 23; 1489 Beneta (nom) ibid. p. 32; 1490 Beneta (nom) ibid. p. 45
Catalan
● 1510 Beneyta valencia1510 3968
Sweden
Old Swedish
● 1383 Benedicta SRA-vol2 no. 1918
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Benedicta". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Benedicta.