Patristic A.D. 253
“From which it is plain that she possessed a multitude of other virtues; and mark how she resembles Simeon in his goodness, for they were both in the temple together, and both counted worthy of prophetic grace, as it follows, And she coming in at this very instant, gave thanks to the Lord.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:36-38
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗