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Theophylact of Ohrid — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:56

Orthodox 1107
Theophylact of Ohrid · c. 1055–1107
“But when Elisabeth was going to bring forth, the Virgin departed, as it follows, And she returned; or, probably because of the multitude, who were about to assemble at the birth. But it became not a virgin to be present on such an occasion.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:56 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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