This is corroborated by Benedict of Peterborough's graphic account of Greece, as it was in 1191, where he states that many of the islands were uninhabited from fear of pirates and that Aegina, along with Salamis and Makronesos, were their strongholds.

Exceptions are bulls of canonization and decrees of ecumenical councils, which the Pope signs with the formula, " Ego N. Episcopus Ecclesiae catholicae ", without the numeral, as in " Ego Benedictus Episcopus Ecclesiae catholicae " ( I, Benedict, Bishop of the catholic / universal Church ).

Despite holding for many years a view widely held to be heretical, John XXII is not considered a heretic because in his day the doctrine he had contradicted had not been formally defined by the Church, a lacuna that his successor Benedict XII immediately filled by the encyclical Benedictus Deus, which formally defined this doctrine as part of Church teaching.

Pope Benedict XV ( Latin: Benedictus PP.

" For instance, Benedict XVI, when he issues a decree in bull form, will begin the document with Benedictus, Episcopus, Servus Servorum Dei.

Anglicisation is still the rule for popes, including recent ones: Pope John Paul II instead of Ioannes Paulus II, Pope Benedict XVI instead of Benedictus XVI.

The Mass, Benedictus Qui Venit, for large choir, soloists and orchestra, was performed in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI and an audience of 350, 000 with singing led by soprano Amelia Farrugia and tenor Andrew Goodwin.

Benedict of Poland ( Latin: Benedictus Polonus, Polish Benedykt Polak ) ( ca.

The author of a rather singular, voluminous section, however, identifies himself as one Benedictus Levita (" Benedict the Levite ", or " the Deacon "), and his Capitularia Benedicti Levitae do not deal with early church and papal letters as the rest, but with forged Capitularies on religious and theological matters by various Carolingian rulers, most notably Charlemagne, who take on the role of providing the forger's false authority.

In the 6th century St. Benedict gives a detailed description of them in his Rule: the Psalms ( almost identical with those of the Roman Liturgy ), the canticle, the last three Psalms, the capitulum, hymn, versicle, the canticle Benedictus, and the concluding part.

Benedictus is also the Latin form of the name Benedict borne by many figures including the current Pope Benedict XVI.

In May 2009, he welcomed Pope Benedict XVI to the West Bank, who supported Abbas ' goal of a Palestinian State.

* Critics of sedevacantism argue that this also means that the theory advanced by the seventeenth-century theologian and Doctor of the Church Robert Bellarmine that a pope who fell into heresy would automatically forfeit his office and could be formally deposed has been overruled by Church authority by Benedict XIV in " De Synodo Dioecesano " ( 10, 1, 5 ) and by the 1917 Code of Canon Law, Can.

To the north and south of the rock of the Doms, partly on the site of the Bishop's Palace, which had been enlarged by John XXII, was built the Palace of the Popes, in the form of an imposing fortress consisting of towers, linked to each other, and named as follows: De la Campane, de Trouillas, de la Glacière, de Saint-Jean, des Saints-Anges ( Benedict XII ), de la Gâche, de la Garde-Robe ( Clement VI ), de Saint-Laurent ( Innocent VI ).

Benedict XIV ( De synodo diœces., l. II, c. x ) declared that such synodal decrees are not too severe, as an absolute prohibition of hunting is more conformable to the ecclesiastical law.

*" The Journey of Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay "-Henry Yule's translation of the relevant chapters of De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas, with detailed notes and an introduction.

After revelations concerning sex abuse of seminarians by founder Marcial Maciel Pope Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Velasio De Paolis his delegate to examine the Legionaries ’ constitution and conduct a visitation of its lay affiliate Regnum Christi.

As a result of the visitation, Benedict XVI named Archbishop ( now Cardinal ) Velasio De Paolis as the Papal Delegate to oversee the Legion and its governance on July 9, 2010.

On June 11, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI issued a Motu Proprio beginning with the words Constitutione Apostolica, subtitled De aliquibus mutationibus in normis de electione romani pontificis which reinstates the traditional norms for the vote required to elect the Pope.

Charles De Koninck ( 1906 – 1965 ), James A. Weisheipl ( 1923 – 1984 ), William A. Wallace, and Benedict Ashley are among its representatives.

It was used by Christ Himself, by St. Paul, by St. Cyril of Jerusalem, by St. Clement and Origen at Alexandria, by St. Augustine, who wrote a special treatise thereon ( De catechizandis rudibus ), also, in later times, by Gerson, chancellor of the University of Paris, who wrote " De parvulis ad Christum trahendis "; Clement XI and Benedict XIV gave to it all the weight of their authority, and one of the greatest of all catechists was St. Charles Borromeo.

It cites its sources thus: “ See her life, compiled by a contemporary writer, and published by Papebroke, the Bollandist, on the 27th of April, p. 497, and Benedict XIV De Canoniz.

There was some discussion in the eighteenth century as to whether a stepfather could marry the widow of his deceased stepson ; but it was authoritatively decided, as Benedict XIV states ( De Syn.

Pope Benedict XVI named Velasio De Paolis as Sebastiani's successor.

Canonically, only two distinctions were ever of any consequence: first, that between those who entered religion " per modum professionis " and " per modum simplicis conversionis " the former being monachi and the later oblati ; secondly, that between the oblate who was " mortuus mundo " (" dead to the world ," that is, who had given himself and his goods to religion without reservation ), and the oblate who retained some control over his person and his possessions – the former only ( plene oblatus ) was accounted a persona ecclesiastica, with enjoyment of ecclesiastical privileges and immunity ( Benedict XIV, " De Synodo Dioce.

* Peace ( 2010 ), featuring Benedict Philipp, Joshua Madine, Tom Cully, Stefan Leadbeater, James Threadgill, Jakob De Menezes-Wood, Daniel Fontannaz, James Mordaunt and Ralph Skan as vocal soloists.

* A manual of theology in 4 vols, Theologia eclectica, moralis et scholastica ( Augsburg, 1752 ; revised by Pope Benedict XIV for the 1753 edition published at Bologna )

* Beatrice in Beatrice et Benedict ( concert version ) Royal Festival Hall, November 1963

* Les moines d ' Occident depuis saint Benoît jusqu ' à saint Bernard ( The Monks of the West from St. Benedict to St. Bernard ) ( Paris: J. Lecoffre Fils et Cie., 1877 )

Pope Benedict XIII wrote " Concentus Dominicano, Bononiensis ecclesia, in album Sanctorum Ludovici Bertrandi et Rosae de Sancta Maria, ordinero praedicatorum " ( Venice, 1674 ).

The word was first used in this sense about the beginning of the 6th century by St. Benedict in his Rule ( Regula Benedicti ; hereafter, RB ), in Chapters 16, 17, 18, and 42, and he even uses the verb complere to signify Compline: " Omnes ergo in unum positi compleant " (" All having assembled in one place, let them say Compline "); " et exuentes a completorio " (" and, after going out from Compline ...") ( RB, Chap.

See JD Guigniaut, Notice historique sur la vie et les travaux de Carl Benedict Hase ( Paris, 1867 ); articles in Nouvelle Biographie generale and Allgemeine deutsche Biographie ; and a collection of autobiographical letters, Briefe von der Wanderung und aus Paris, edited by O Heine ( 1894 ), containing a vivid account of Hase's journey, his enthusiastic impressions of Paris and the hardships of his early life.

2008 Christmas Urbi et Orbi by Pope Benedict XVI, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City.

* Pope Benedict XVI's Urbi et Orbi messages

Pope Saint Pius X confirmed this responsibility in 1908 and Pope Benedict XV erected in 1915 the section for seminaries ( which existed within the Consistorial Congregation ), joined to it the Congregatio studiorum, and called it Congregatio de Seminariis et Studiorum Universitatibus.

She is a recipient of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Award granted by Pope Benedict XVI and lives in the cloistered monastery in Hanceville.

On October 4, 2009, Mother Angelica and Deacon Bill Steltemeier, then chairman of EWTN's board of governors, received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice ( the Cross of Honor ) by Pope Benedict XVI for distinguished service to the Catholic Church.

Some popular modern histories have claimed that he was fleeing vengeance after committing a private murder: this is due to a failure to recognise Branas's name, garbled into " Lyvernas " in the Old French Continuation of William of Tyre ( sometimes known as The Chronicle of Ernoul ), and Roger of Howden's abridgement of his own Gesta regis Henrici Secundi ( formerly attributed to Benedict of Peterborough ).

The pope, as Bishop of Rome, may open a process and has the authority to waive the five year waiting period, as was done for Mother Teresa by Pope John Paul II, and for Lúcia Santos and for John Paul II himself by Pope Benedict XVI.

An example of this secular politicization is seen when Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor supported Pope Benedict IX, the most corrupt of any of the popes of the era.

In 2009 he expressed public concern at Pope Benedict XVI's lifting of excommunication of the bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X. Genscher wrote in the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung: " Poles can be proud of Pope John Paul II.

Numerous popes have referred to Hildegard as a saint, including Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.

According to John L. Allen, Jr., " In addition, three decades of bishops ’ appointments by John Paul II and Benedict XVI, both unambiguously committed to “ Humanae Vitae ,” mean that senior leaders in Catholicism these days are far less inclined than they were in 1968 to distance themselves from the ban on birth control, or to soft-pedal it.

John Paul II was followed by the German-born Benedict XVI, leading some to believe that, although Rome is in Italy, Italian domination of the papacy is over.

Funeral of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 2005, presided over by Cardinal Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Saint Benedict II was Pope from 684 to 685.

Pope Benedict II died on 8 May 685.

Restorations of numerous churches in Rome are ascribed to the less than a year's pontificate of Benedict II.

The envoys of Holy Roman Emperor Louis II forced Benedict to handle Anastasius and his adherents leniently.

Benedict intervened in the conflict between the sons of Lothair I ( the future King Lothair II of Lotharingia, Emperor Louis II and Charles of Provence ) on the latter's death.

When Otto II sent an imperial representative, Count Sicco, to secure his release, Crescentius I and Cardinal-Deacon Franco Ferrucci, who would subsequently become Boniface VII, an antipope, had Benedict murdered while still in prison.

Pope Benedict VII ( died 10 July 983 ) was born in Rome, the son of David or Deodatus ( brother of Alberic II of Spoleto ).

Benedict VII's date of birth is not known with certainty, but it is known that he was related to Prince Alberic II and connected to the Crescenti family.

Benedict VII promoted monasticism and ecclesiastical reform along with Emperor Otto II.

In 1020, Benedict VIII travelled to Germany to confer with Henry II about the renewed Byzantine menace in the Mezzogiorno.

When Clement II died in October 1047, Benedict seized the Lateran Palace in November, but was driven away by German troops in July 1048.

Emperor Otto II became preoccupied by problems in Germany which left the door open for the Roman aristocracy, who had never been fond of Benedict VI, to rebel against the imperial administration.

Meanwhile, Emperor Otto II, who supported Pope Benedict VI, was still preoccupied in Germany and could not make it back to Rome.

Benedict, however, sent an urgent appeal to Otto II.

In March 981, Benedict, along with Otto II and armed soldiers, returned to Rome and drove Boniface out.

In either September or October 983, current Pope Benedict VII died, which required the presence of Otto II in Rome.