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