Mense

A mense (from the Latin "mensa") (English: meal, table) is the name of the ecclesiastical income in the Catholic Church.

Background[]

The mense is usually a land tax whose income is used for the maintenance of its holder (i.e. bishop, abbot, canons, pastor, etc.). In the abbeys  [fr], the abbey mense is divided into three lots, one for the commendatory abbot, one for the religious community and another devoted to the payment of charges.^[1]

• to the bishop or to the abbot ( [fr]);
• to canons or monks ( [fr]);
• to the parish priest or minister ( [fr]).

See also[]

• tithe

References[]

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