page_title: Benedict (given name)
hierarchical_section_title: Benedict (given name)
caption_attribution_description: detail: Saint Benedict of Nursia
context_page_description: Benedict is a masculine given name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed". Etymologically it is derived from the Latin words bene and dicte, i.e. "well spoken". The name was borne by Saint Benedict of Nursia, often called the founder of Western Christian monasticism.
context_section_description: Benedict is a masculine given name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed". Etymologically it is derived from the Latin words bene ('good') and dicte ('speak'), i.e. "well spoken". The name was borne by Saint Benedict of Nursia (480–547), often called the founder of Western Christian monasticism.
caption: Saint Benedict of Nursia
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