"In commendam" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of handing over benefices /in commendam/, that is of giving some person the right of drawing the revenues of a vacant benefice for a certain specified time, was highly prejudicial to the best interests of religion. Such a practice, however justifiable in case of benefices to which the care of souls ...
— History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French • Rev. James MacCaffrey |
