Patristic A.D. 735
“(ubi sup.) Wherefore it is evident from the Apostles themselves, that it is an ancient custom of the holy Church that persons possessed or afflicted with any disease whatever, should be anointed with oil consecrated by priestly blessing.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 6:6-13
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1842) ↗