Complex sentence: It comes from the Latin "benedictus", meaning "blessed" and most commonly refers to Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism (Benedictine).
Split into simpler sentences: It comes from the Latin "benedictus", meaning "blessed". Benedict most commonly refers to Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism (Benedictine).