If your name is Benedict, today is your name day. Benedict is a masculine given name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed". 10 (plus) famous Benedicts.
16 popes, the most recent being Benedict XIV, the first pope to resign from office since Gregory XII in 1415.
Benedict Cumberbatch: English actor whose roles include the title role in Sherlock and Doctor Strange.
Benedict Arnold (pictured): American general who after 1779 shifted his allegiance to the British and whose name is synonymous with traitor in the US.
Benedict Bridgerton: a character in the period drama Bridgerton, as well as the novels the television series is based on.
Benedict Wong: English actor who played the main role in the Netflix series 3 Body Problem.
Benedict of Nursia: often known as Saint Benedict, Christian monk and founder of the Benedictine order.
Benedict Anderson: Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian who lived and taught in the United States. Anderson is best known for his 1983 book Imagined Communities, which explored the origins of nationalism.
Benedict Samuel: Australian actor, writer, and director best known for playing Jervis Tetch / Mad Hatter in Gotham and Owen in The Walking Dead.
Benedict: a chicken villager from the Animal Crossing series of Nintendo games.
Benedict McCarthy: South African professional football coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Kenya national team.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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