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Benedict, Amzi a Congregational minister, was born at New Canaan, Conn., May 19, 1791. He graduated at Yale College, 1814; studied theology at Andover, and was ordained as a home missionary in 1818. He served successively the churches in Vernon, Conn., 1824 to 1830; Pomfret, 1831 to 1834; Manlius, N. Y., 1837 to 1841; Norwich, … Continue reading “Benedict, Amzi”

Benedict Abbot Of Peterborough in the 12th century, was educated at Oxford; took the monastic vows at Canterbury, where he became prior of the monastery of Christ Church, and in 1177, was made abbot of Peterborough. In 1191 he was made keeper of the great seal, and died on Michaelmas-day, in 1193. He wrote, Librum … Continue reading “Benedict Abbot Of Peterborough”

Benedict (Or Benedetto) Of Verona a Dominican, is probably the same as LORENZO OF VERONA, also a Dominican, who was a celebrated preacher, about 1420, and who left Sermons on the Festivals, Creed, Decalogue, and Lord’s Prayer. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Benedict SEE BENEDETTI; SEE BENEDICTUS; SEE BENOIT. Benedict (Lat. Benedictus Britannicus), a Dominican OF BRESCIA, in Lombardy, who lived in the 15th century, left 53 sermons. Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Benedicite, The (Canticle of the Three Children) Canticle uttered by Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago when they remained unharmed upon being cast into the fiery furnace by Nabuchodonosor for refusing to adore a golden statue he had set up (Daniel 3). It begins Benedicite, omnia opera Domini, Domino (O all ye works of the Lord, bless … Continue reading “Benedicite, The”

Benedicite or the song of the three Hebrew children, is a canticle appointed by the rubric of the Church of England to be said or sung at the morning service, instead of the hymn Te Deum, whenever the minister may think fit. It is a paraphrase of the forty-eighth Psalm. In the Book of Common … Continue reading “Benedicite”

Benedicamus Domino (Latin: Let us bless the Lord) Invocation said at the end of Mass when the “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” is omitted, and usually answered with “Deo Gratias” (Thanks be to God); sometimes used as a salutation and as a signal for rising in religious communities and seminaries. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Benedicamus Domino … Continue reading “Benedicamus Domino”

Benedetto Gaetani Reigned from 24 December 1294 to 11 October 1303 . Born c.1235 in Anagni , Italy as Benedetto Gaetani; died on 11 October 1303 in Rome, Italy . Prior to his election, he was cardinal -priest , and papal legate to Sicily, France , and England . Having succeeded Celestine V when the … Continue reading “Benedetto Gaetani”

Benedetto Da Rovezzano an eminent Italian sculptor, was born at Rovezzano, near Florence, about 1480. In 1500 he executed the fine monument to Pietro Soderini and Oddo Altoviti, in the Church of the Carmine at Florence. He was employed conjointly with Sansovino: and Boccio Bandinelli, on the works of sculpture in the cathedral of that … Continue reading “Benedetto Da Rovezzano”

Benedetto SEE BENEDICT. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature