Custos (under-sacristan)

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title: Custos (under-sacristan)
text: The under-sacristan or custos was a Roman Catholic office. The office is mentioned in the Decretals. He was the assistant of the sacristan, was subject to the archdeacon, and discharged duties very similar to those of the sacristan. By the early twentieth century the office was hardly ever attached to a benefice and so usually a salaried position. The Council of Trent desired that, according to the old canons, clerics should hold such offices; but in most churches, on account of the difficulty o
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description: Former Roman Catholic office
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