Luke 2:36 Douay-Rheims

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser; she was far advanced in years, and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity.

Ambrose of Milan

A.D. 339–397 Patristic

Now Anna, both from the duties of her widowhood and her manner of life, is found to be such that she is thought worthy to announce the Redeemer of the world. As it follows, She was of a great age, and had lived with her husband, &c.

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A.D. 397 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:36-38

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