What Does The Word Benedictus Mean?
Benedictus is a masculine first name. The masculine first name Benedictus is pronounced as Beh-neh-Dik-tuss. It is a name that is made up of four syllables, that is the syllable Beh, the syllable neh, the syllable Dik and the syllable tuss. More emphasis, therefore, is put on the first of the four syllables that make up the masculine first name Benedictus, that is the syllable Beh, and on the third of the four syllables that make up the masculine first name Benedictus, that is the syllable Dik. The name Benedictus is a name of Latin origin which can be translated into the English language as blessed be. It is the name which has been taken by Pope Benedictus XVI (Josef Ratzinger), the reigning Pope, head of the Roman Catholic Church and the sovereign of Vatican City.