Pope Benedict
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Benedict is the regnal name of the current Roman pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI (2005–present) and has been the name of fourteen or fifteen other popes (and two or three antipopes) depending on whether Benedict X is counted as a pope or antipope:
- 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/Antipope Benedict X (1058–1059) (officially considered an antipope)
- 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: