The bearer of this letter, Robert by name, coming to the merciful Holy See, tearfully confessed his sin, a great and grave sin indeed.  For when he was captured by the Saracens with his wife and daughter, an order went out from the ruler of that land, whom they call the Emir, that, since the starvation from hunger was prevalent, whichever of the captives had a child, he should  kill it.  By reason of this order, this wretched man (miser ipse), urged on by the pangs of hunger, killed his daughter and ate her.  When again another order was issued, he killed his own wife, but when she was cooked and served up to him, he could not bring himself to eat her flesh.

We are disturbed by the horror of his great crime and have imposed upon him a penance that he will never eat flesh again no matter what the necessity may arise. .   .  .  He must fast on bread and water.  .  .  . He must also walk through the world without shoes and with only a shirt. .  .  .   He must never stay more than two nights in the same place.  .  .  . He must never marry and he must never attend public games  .  .  . He must do these as penance for three years.

Pope Innocent III, Register, Letter 79 (80) 5th Year, September 3, 1202