Chapter — Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion
On the Fifth Precept of the Church
N. 485. - On Coots on Days of Abstinence
"Whether the water bird named fulica (commonly folaga) is to be counted among fish, and whether it is lawful to eat it on those days on which meats are forbidden? The Religious of the Order of Minims of St. Francis of Paola, to whom meats are entirely forbidden, in order to remove the perplexity by which their consciences were troubled concerning this matter, presented a supplication to Pius VII that it be granted to them to be able freely to use that food. To them, through the Congregation of Regular Discipline, 22 Feb. 1804, the Most Holy Lord, the things narrated truly existing, kindly granted the grace according to the things requested, the Constitutions of the Order and all other things notwithstanding."
On Abstinence on Saturday in Belgium
"Most Blessed Father, the Most Illustrious Bishops of Belgium asked His Holiness, in the year 1855, that he deign to take away the law by which eating meats on Saturday is prohibited. His Holiness did not abrogate that law; but he deigned to grant to the Most Illustrious Bishops of Belgium the faculty of dispensing concerning it with those who would ask dispensation.
Hence the undersigned doubt is most humbly set forth: Whether, after dispensation has been obtained, it is lawful for those traveling outside Belgium to eat meats in places in which that law is in force? - Resp. In the negative." S. I. C. 10 Jan. 1855.