Benedict XVI

Acting

Born April 16, 1927 · Marktl, Weimar Republic [now Germany]

Died December 31, 2022

Also known as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger · Bishop of Rome · Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Biography

Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Following his resignation, he chose to be known as "pope emeritus", a title he held until his death on 31 December 2022. In addition to this, he was an important philosopher and theologian of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

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Awards & recognition

honorary citizenship · 2018
honorary doctorate · 2015
honorary citizenship · 2011
honorary citizenship · 2010
honorary citizenship · 2009

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honorary citizenship · 2008
honorary citizenship · 2006
honorary citizenship · 2005
honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University · 2005
honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław · 2000
Commander of the Legion of Honour · 1998
Bavarian Maximilian Order — Science and Art · 1995
Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1994
Order of Karl Valentin · 1989
honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin · 1988
Order of Minerva · 1988
honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt · 1987
honorary doctorate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru · 1986
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1985
Bavarian Order of Merit · 1977
Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold
Decoration of Honour — Services to the Republic of Austria
honorary citizenship
honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University
honorary doctorate of the University of Navarre
National Order of Merit
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of the Southern Cross
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Stephanus Award