An Amyrlin was supposed to grant indulgences and relief from penances on the day she assumed the stole and the staff.
Fourteen bishops granted indulgences from the Imperial synod in Würzburg to the Cloister.
The Pope said individual sinners can be granted "plenary indulgences," which remove the punishment for repented sins.
Pope Eugene IV granted indulgences to all who rendered aid to travelers seeking refuge at this site.
It later became an archconfraternity so that it could grant indulgences to other confraternities.
In the middle of the 13th century Pope Innocent IV granted indulgences to anyone who helped with the rebuilding of the cathedral.
He prescribed that during October, a prayer to St. Joseph be added to the Rosary and granted indulgences for this.
She granted indulgences and canceled the religious vows of the priests.
The popes have granted indulgences and privileges to priests connected with the association.
The old presidential style was often akin to the pope's: cloaked in power, granting indulgences, rarely visible.