Benedict

Name of fourteen popes. I. 574-578; II. 684-5; III. 855-858; IV. 900–903; V. 964, rival to Leo VIII., removed by Otho I.: VI. 973-4; VII. 974-983; VIII. Theophylact of Tusculum, 1012-24, he crowned Henry II., defeated the Saracens, and held a council at Pavia; IX. nephew and namesake of the last, 1033-48, the "boy-pope," of evil life, deposed by Henry III. and d. 1055; X. John Mincius, "the dull," 1058-9; XI. Nicol a us Bocusini, b. 1240, pope 1303-4, canonized; XII. Jacques Fournier, pope at Avignon 1334-42, another good man; XIII. Pietro Francisco Orsini, b. 1649, pope 1724-30. attempted reforms (Pedro de Luna of Aragon, Anti-pope 1394-1424, was deposed by the Councils of Pisa, 1409, and Con stance, 1417, but adhered to for some time by Spain, Portugal and Scotland); XIV. Prospero Lorenzo Lambert in i, b. 1675, cardinal 1728. Abp. of Bologna 1731. pope 1740-58, was pure, moderate, and scholarly, a friend to learning and to reform, and noted as a canonist. Benedict, OF NURSIA, ST., 480-543. Founder, ab. 529, of the Benedictine order, long of almost undivided prevalence in the West. They were of moderate rule, eminent for learning, pub. valued editions of the Fathers, and had several branches; 4,000 of them, it is said, became bishops, 200 cardinals, and 24 popes, while 1.500 were canonized. They now have 16 houses in Gt. Britain and many in the U. S. for monks and nuns. Benedict, DAVID, 1779-1874. Pastor at Pawtucket, R. I., 1806-31; historian of the Baptists, 1813.