The new Pope takes on the regnal name Benedict XVI.

* 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.

The Order of Saint Benedict ( Latin name: Ordo Sancti Benedicti ) is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict.

The latter's nephew Pier Francesco, who had renounced to the succession in favour to his brother Domenico to became a Dominican, was later elected pope with the name of Benedict XIII.

There have been sixteen Popes named Benedict, as well as at least three Antipopes by the name.

Some may be named after this obscure pontiff, but most take their regnal name from Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Benedictine monastic movement.

Popes Benedict XI through XVI are, from an official point of view, the 10th through 15th popes by that name.

Popes Benedict XI-XVI are, from an official point of view, the tenth through fifteenth popes by that name.

After Pope Benedict VI was murdered, Franco elevated to the papacy throne and took the name Boniface VII.

The antipope Clement VII died at Avignon on 16 September 1394, but the French cardinals quickly elected a successor on 28 September: Cardinal Pedro de Luna, who took the name Benedict XIII.

Of those who took part in the council's opening session, four have become pontiffs to date: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, who on succeeding Pope John XXIII took the name of Paul VI ; Bishop Albino Luciani, the future Pope John Paul I ; Bishop Karol Wojtyła, who became Pope John Paul II ; and Father Joseph Ratzinger, present as a theological consultant, who became Pope Benedict XVI.

His treachery is considered so notorious that his name has long been synonymous with traitor, a fate he shares with Benedict Arnold, Marcus Junius Brutus ( who too is depicted in Dante's Inferno, suffering the same fate as Judas along with Cassius Longinus ), and Vidkun Quisling.

Most popes choose a name commemorating an admired saint ( Benedict XVI, for example ) or a predecessor or predecessors ( John Paul I ), or even a family member ( John XXIII ).

* Memorials to Continental general Benedict Arnold at the Saratoga National Historical Park and the United States Military Academy bear neither his name nor his likeness, as a result of his treachery.

Those cardinals who had opposed Benedict X's election met at Siena in December 1058, and elected Hildebrand's candidate as Pope, who then took the name Nicholas II ( 1059 – 61 ).

The faculty numbered among its illustrious pupils of law Petrarch, who spent four years at Montpellier, and among its lecturers Guillaume de Nogaret, chancellor to Philip the Fair, Guillaume de Grimoard, afterwards pope under the name of Urban V, and Pedro de Luna, antipope as Benedict XIII.

Father Juan Crespí, in his expedition in 1772, named a small river in honor of San Benedicto ( Saint Benedict ), the patron saint of the married, and it is from the contraction of this name that the county took its name.

His name in mainland China is now a term used to refer to traitors, similar to " Benedict Arnold " for Americans or " Quisling " for Norwegians.

Thus on 3 September 1914 Della Chiesa, despite having been a cardinal only three months, was elected Pope, taking the name of Benedict XV.

In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI recognized the significance of his long-ago predecessor's commitment to peace by taking the same name.

During his first General Audience in St. Peter's Square on 27 April 2005, Pope Benedict XVI paid tribute to Benedict XV when explaining his choice: " Filled with sentiments of awe and thanksgiving, I wish to speak of why I chose the name Benedict.

That girl last night, what was her name??

For a blood-chilling ring of terror to the very sound of his name was the tool he needed for the job he'd promised to do.

No man's name brought more cheers when it was announced in a rodeo.

My lovely caller -- Joyce Holland was her name -- had previously done three filmed commercials for zing, and this evening, the fourth, a super production, had been filmed at the home of Louis Thor.

Her name was L'Turu and she told me many things.

Bill Doolin's ambition, it appeared, was to carve out his name with bullets alongside those of Jesse James and Billy the Kid, and Bill Tilghman had sworn he would stop him.

Miss Langford ( her first name was Evelyn ) was an attractive girl.

The difference came down to this: The Southern States insisted that the United States was, in last analysis, what its name implied -- a Union of States.

I was having lunch not long ago ( apologies to N. V. Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle Ages, one in American history, and one in the Far East ), and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed, majestic instancy '' ( Francis Thompson's words for the Hound Of Heaven's Pursuit ) by judicial fiat.

Neither was Henrietta hoydenish like Jo, who frankly wished she were a boy and had deliberately shortened her name, which, like Henrietta's, was the feminine form of a boy's name.

But neither was Lilian her baptismal name.

Though she did not then know its name, this strange new fruit was a banana.

It seems to me now, in a long backward glance, that many of the Hetman's conceits and odd actions -- together with his grim posture when brandishing the hatchet in the name of Mr. Hearst -- were keyed with the tragedy which was to close over him one day.

An accompanying sympathetic letter explained that inside the envelope was a name for Mrs. Coolidge's first granddaughter.

The name inside the envelope was `` Cynthia ''.

Her name was Esther Peter.

Pike was stunned by the first blast against his character, which was published in the March 4th issue of The Gazette under the name `` Vale ''.

Under Fosdick the first executive officer of the CTCA was Richard Byrd, whose name in later years was to become synonymous with activities at the polar antipodes.

I had had my name taken out of the telephone book, and this was partly because of a convict who had been discharged from Sing Sing and who called me night after night.

The control sample was selected by taking the bottom name of each of the two columns of names on each page of the alphabetical listing of manufacturers in the Thomas Register.

Each questionnaire was audited for obvious mistakes and for comments, and was identified by a serial number, by the source list from which the company name was selected, and by the geographical location of the company as determined by the postmark on the return envelope.

Since the English Reformation, the Church of England has been more explicitly a state church and the choice is legally that of the British crown ; today it is made in the name of the Sovereign by the Prime Minister, from a shortlist of two selected by an ad hoc committee called the Crown Nominations Commission.

Today the choice is made in the name of the monarch by the prime minister, from a shortlist of two selected by an ad-hoc committee called the Crown Nominations Commission.

She considered the name " Peabodyville ", but " Albion " was selected instead, after the former residence of Jesse Crowell.

In June 1945, a committee selected " Panthers " as the new team's name.

It is one thing to attack an anonymous self selected user name and another to attack a person using their real name.

A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.

In 1959, the Board of Visitors of UVA selected a permanent name for the college: George Mason College of the University of Virginia.

His parents selected his middle name in honor of Spanish – American War hero George Dewey.

The " Royals " name may also have been selected as a respectful recognition of the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues and a nod to the Kansas City Blues franchises of the Western League and American Association.

Subsequently, the name 2001 Mars Odyssey was selected for the orbiter as a specific tribute to the vision of space exploration shown in works by Arthur C. Clarke, including 2001: A Space Odyssey.

After modifying the spelling slightly, " Mötley Crüe " was eventually selected as the band's name, with the stylistic decision suggested by Neil to add the two sets of metal umlauts supposedly inspired by the German beer Löwenbräu, which the members were drinking at the time.

The macro virus replaces the regular commands with the same name and runs when the command is selected.

The group arrived at a name after Santiago selected the word " pixies " randomly from a dictionary and took a liking to how it looked and its definition as " mischievous little elves ".

It is clear that Stirling had already selected the name Perth for the capital well before the town was proclaimed, as his proclamation of the colony, read in Fremantle on 18 June 1829, ended " given under my hand and Seal at Perth this 18th Day of June 1829.

The originally selected pseudonym (" Gus Pillsbury ") was the name of King's maternal grandfather ; but at the last moment King changed it to " Richard Bachman ," in tribute to crime author Donald E. Westlake's long-running pseudonym Richard Stark.

The name was selected as a reference to the Shakespearean play Othello, the Moor of Venice, referencing the conflict between the Moor Othello and Iago, who describes himself as " two faced " and more controversially, to the unfolding drama between Othello, who is black, and Desdemona, who is white.

It has been speculated that the name and acronym were selected in a sly reference to the movie Little Caesar, which featured a notorious gangster named Rico.

As with many Japanese start-ups of the period, the name Roland was selected for export purposes as Kakehashi was interested in a name that was easy to pronounce for his worldwide target markets.

The name selected by the team became controversial.

Instead, the name Seattle Seahawks (" Seahawk ", another name for Osprey ) was selected on June 17, 1975 after a public naming contest which drew more than 20, 000 entries and over 1, 700 different names.