Benedict XI

American  

noun

1. Niccolò Boccasini, 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04.

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Example Sentences

With the death of Pope Benedict XI the Catholic world has lost an unrivalled receptacle of theological knowledge, intellectualism and lived experience.

From BBC

Not a day goes by that I don't miss Pope Benedict xi.

From New York Times

Then the Vatican, which recently digitally blurred out embarrassing lines of a letter sent by Pope Benedict XI, removed the text from its website.

From New York Times

But even without disputing Catholic doctrine, Francis went further than before in critiquing the institutional church, promoting a more accessible, lay-centered Catholicism than his predecessor, Benedict XI.

From Washington Post

Benedict XI Resigns, 2013 Benedict’s resignation came as a real shock—he’s the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years, with the last resignation being Gregory XII, who stepped down in 1415 to end a church schism....

From Newsweek