 Pope Paul VI abolished it in 1967.According to the "De officio et jurisdictione datarii necnon de stylo Datariae" of Amydenus and other authorities, the "Dataria Apostolica" was of very ancient origin, but the previous transaction by other offices of the business that was gradually assigned to it contradicts these authorities.The Dataria was principally entrusted with concession of matrimonial dispensations of external jurisdiction and with collation, i. e., conferral, of benefices and rescripts that were reserved to the Apostolic See.