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)

★ Avignon Pope Benedict XIII (1394) - See below

★ 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