Benedictus (given name)
Benedictus is a given name. It might be the Latin parallel for Baruch. Notable people with the name include:
- Benedictus Appenzeller, Franco-Flemish singer and composer
- Benedictus Arias Montanus, Spanish orientalist
- Benedictus Buns, German/Dutch priest and composer
- Benedictus Marwood Kelly, British naval officer
- Benedictus Aretius, Swiss Protestant theologian and natural philosopher
- Benedictus van Haeften, Provost of Affligem Abbey and a writer of religious works
- Benedictus Spinoza, also known as Baruch Spinoza, a Portuguese-Jewish philosopher famous for being "The First Secular".