Patristic A.D. 420
“Not that He remained three whole days and three nights in hell, but that this be understood to imply a part of the preparation day, and of the Lord’s day, and the whole sabbath day.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 12:38-40
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗