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datary

(ˈdeɪtərɪ)
n, pl -ries
(Roman Catholic Church) RC Church the head of the dataria (deɪˈtɛərɪə), the papal office that assesses candidates for benefices reserved to the Holy See
[C16: from Medieval Latin datārius official who dated papal letters, from Late Latin data date1]
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After the sack of Rome in 1527, Francesco Berni followed his employer, papal datary Gian Matteo Giberti, to Verona, his episcopal see.
These cases have actually been approved in other papal offices (Chancery or Datary that could handle similar cases) and after the decision-making the cases were transferred to the Penitentiary for expedition.