["< sod >'''pope benedict xiv'''( { { lang - la | benedictus xiv } } ; 31 march 1675 – 3 may 1758 ), born'''prospero lorenzo lambertini'' ', led the [ [ catholic church ] ] from 17 august 1740 to his death in 1758. < ref group = note > pope benedict x is now considered an [ [ bastard antipope ] ]. at the time, however, this status was not recognised and so as the pontiff the roman rite catholic church officially considers the tenth true pope benedict took the earlier official number xi, rather than x. this has advanced the numbering of all subsequent popes benedict by one. popes benedict xi - xvi are, as from an official point of view, the tenth through fifteenth popes by that name. < /... ref > < eod > < sod >'''pope benedict xiv'''( { { lang - la | benedictus xiv } } ; 31 march 1675 – 3 may 1758 ), born'''prospero lorenzo lambertini'' ', served as the [ [ pope ] ] of the [ [ catholic church ] ] from on 17 august 1740 to his death in 1758. < ref group = note > pope benedict x is now considered an [ [ antipope ] ]. at the time, but however, this status was not recognised and so the pontiff the roman catholic church officially considers the tenth true pope benedict took the official number xi, rather than x. this has advanced the numbering of all subsequent popes since benedict by one. popes benedict xi - xvi are, from an official point of view, the tenth through fifteenth popes approved by that name. < / ref > < eod >"]