Founder of an order of monks (8)

I believe the answer is:

benedict

(Other definitions for benedict that I've seen before include "Name of current Pope" , "Name of sixteen popes" , "Strangely, the pope left a nice debt" , "Name of 15 Popes" , "Saint followed by an order of monks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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