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Benedict, Lewis a Congregational minister, was born at Madison, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1815. In 1839 he graduated from Hamilton College, and in 1843 from Auburn Theological Seminary. The next year he was ordained at Whitewater, Wis. In Nov. 1845, he was installed pastor in Brockton, Ill., and remained six years. After supplying the pulpit … Continue reading “Benedict, Lewis”

Benedict Levita Benedict Levita (of Mainz), or Benedict the Deacon, is the name given to himself by the author of a forged collection of capitularies which appeared in the ninth century. The collection belongs to the group of pseudo-Isidorian forgeries that includes the pseudo-Isidorian recension of the Spanish collection of canons, the so-called “capitula Angilramni”, … Continue reading “Benedict Levita”

Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint (1748 -1783 ) Confessor, pilgrim. Born Amettes, France ; died Rome, Italy . After unsuccessful attempts, because of his youth and poor health, to obtain the religious habit in the Trappist , Cistercian , and Carthusian orders, he devoted his remaining 13 years to traveling over Europe, visiting famous shrines, and … Continue reading “Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint”

Benedict Joseph Flaget First Bishop of Bardstown, born Contournat, France , 1763 ; died Louisville, Kentucky, 1850 . Educated at the Sulpician Seminary, Clermont, he joined the Society of Saint Sulpice in 1783 ; and was ordained priest at Issy, 1787 . He taught dogmatic theology at Nantes and at Angers, but left France during … Continue reading “Benedict Joseph Flaget”

Benedict Joseph Fenwick Second Bishop of Boston, brother of Edward Dominic Fenwork, born Leonardstown, Maryland, 1782; died Boston, Massachusetts, 1846. He studied and taught at Georgetown. In 1805 he entered the Sulpician Seminary, Baltimore, but on the restoration of the Society of Jesus in the United States, 1806, he joined the order. Ordained by Bishop … Continue reading “Benedict Joseph Fenwick”

Benedict, Joel, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Salem, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1745, and graduated at the College of New Jersey 1765. In 1771 he was made pastor of the church in Newent, Conn. On account of ill health he resigned in 1782, but on partial recovery he became pastor of the church … Continue reading “Benedict, Joel, D.D”

Benedict IX, Pope Reigned from 1032 to 1044, in 1045, and from 1047 to 1048. Probably died in Grottaferrata, Italy . Count of Tusculum and nephew of the two preceding popes, he was placed on the papal throne by his father, Alberic, when a youth of twenty. He was driven from office in 1044 by … Continue reading “Benedict IX, Pope”

Benedict IV, Pope Reigned c.900 to c.903 . Born in Rome, Italy; died there. Crowned Emperor Louis III the Blind; recognized the legitimacy of Pope Formosus and upheld his ordinances. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Benedict IV, Pope Date of birth unknown; died in the summer of 903. The Popes Benedict from the fourth to the … Continue reading “Benedict IV, Pope”

Benedict III, Pope Reigned from 855 to 858 . Died in Rome, Italy. A Roman citizen. On the day of the papal coronation Emperor Lothair died , leaving the Frankish kingdom divided among five relatives. The Slavs, Normans, and Saracens redoubled their attacks upon the Franks, and to defray the expenses of the war the … Continue reading “Benedict III, Pope”

Benedict II, Saint, Pope Reigned from 26 June 684 to 8 May 685 . Born in Rome, Italy; died there. To shorten the time of vacancy at the death of a pope he obtained from the Emperor Constantine IV a decree abolishing the imperial confirmation of the pope-elect before consecration. He reinstated Saint Wilfrid in … Continue reading “Benedict II, Saint, Pope”