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In today’s language, a sponsor. It referred to a wealthy nobleman or burgher who expended resources on the construction or acquisition of some material estate, and then, together with a deed of gift, donated it to someone else.
In the context of the Middle Ages, we are mainly talking about church patrons. Through donations, most monasteries were built, or for example, the Church of St. Barbara in Kuttenberg, where altars were dedicated to the most generous patrons. Being a patron was a matter of both prestige and faith: whoever sponsored the church had a prepaid place in the kingdom of heaven.
By making a donation, a wealthy sponsor committed not only to the purchase or construction itself but also to the subsequent maintenance and operation.
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