Cullagium

The cullagium was a tax imposed by pope Urban II (ca. 1042 – 29 July 1099) as part of a drive towards clerical celibacy. It allowed a clergyman in the Catholic Church to "keep a concubine as long as he paid a regular annual fee".[1] It also was intended to earn the Church extra money.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Nigel Cawthorne (1996). "Sex Lives of the Popes". Prion. p. 91.

See also

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