From Wikipedia -
"Financing with Indulgences
One method employed to finance the building of St. Peter’s Basilica was the selling of indulgences by Albrecht, Archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg. Johann Tetzel was sent to Germany to sell indulgences.[19]
A German priest, Martin Luther, took exception to the selling of these indulgences and wrote a letter to Albrecht of Mainz arguing against it. He also included his “Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,” which came to be known as The 95 Theses.[20] Ultimately, this became a factor in the start of the Reformation and the birth of Protestantism."
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It states “one method” was the selling of indulgences. For a more detailed breakdown of funding, you’d need to do your own research. I doubt if it was all funded by indulgences, or even nearly all. But I don’t know, and I don’t care. It’s past history.
How much of the funds needed to maintain the White House during Thomas Jefferson’s tenure was due to the labour of his slaves?
From Wikipedia … “The third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, had an ambivalent relationship with the institution of slavery. During his lifetime, Jefferson attempted twice to legislate the emancipation of slaves, one time in 1769 at the Virginia General Assembly, and another in 1784 at the Continental Congress.[1][2] Jefferson also railed against King George III of Great Britain and the Atlantic slave trade in his draft copy of the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776.[3] Yet Jefferson, himself, acquired and sold hundreds of slaves throughout his lifetime, owning as many as 267 in 1822.[4][5] A profligate spender, Jefferson was deeply in debt and had encumbered his slaves by notes and mortgages; he could not free them until he was free of debt, which he never achieved.[6] All but one of Jefferson’s slaves was sold after his death to pay his debts.[7]”
