Palliative money
The pallia money was a levy to be paid to the Pope when a metropolitan was elected . After the payment, the election was confirmed by the Pope with the presentation of the pallium (a badge of office made of embroidered wool and blessed by the Pope). The possession of the pallium was a prerequisite for exercising the ius ordinis and the ius iurisdictionis of the synodal calling.
The most famous case of the payment of palliative money was the sum of 20,000 guilders that Albrecht von Brandenburg , Archbishop of Magdeburg , had to pay to the Pope in 1517 for his election as Archbishop of Mainz . In order to raise the money, he had indulgence preachers like Johann Tetzel collect the Petersablass in his territories .
Web links
- Pallium. In Hartmann's art dictionary (digitized version).
- Palliative money. On: FinanzLexikon.de.