A carnibus se abstineat, nam dura est conditio nutrire hostem contra quem dimices. La alimentación en algunas reglas monàsticas hispanas de los siglos VI y VII

In the sixth and seventh centuries, the Hispanic authors of monastic rules attached great attention to food. They designed a vegeratian diet, enough for the monk could perform their tasks and maintain their healh; with many fasting and few festive meals, because they considered that abundant and strong meals aroused passions. They used the privations of food as a moral corrective, to lead the ascetics by perfection’s way.