 its owner, and all recipients of its revenues (Synod of Frankfort, 794); under pain, therefore, of forfeiting his right of patronage, the patron of a church must share the burden of its maintenance; so too the incumbent of the ecclesiastical benefice and those to whom the tithes have been granted ().Finally, when the resources of the church were insufficient, the faithful themselves were bound to contribute to the expenses of Divine worship.These provisions were sanctioned by the Decretals of Gregory IX (cc.