Patristic A.D. 444
“Signifying that in the time to come women would be bereft of their children. For when war breaks out upon the land of the Jews, all shall perish, both small and great. Hence it follows, For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, &c.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 23:26-32
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗