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[be.neˈdik.tus] · Latin (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
01 / Meaning & origin
Benedictus is a masculine given name documented in Dutch, Finnish and Latin. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
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04 / Through time
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BENEDICTUS— “blessed”
_Benedico_ (to speak well) came to have the technical sense of to bless; and the patriarch of the Western monks rendered Benedictus (blessed) so universally known that different forms of it prevail in all countries, lesser luminaries adding to its saintly lustre.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VI (Modern Names From The Latin), Section II (Names from Beo) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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