And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
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Cyprian of Carthage
AD 258
Thus the widow Anna, without intermission praying and watching, persevered in deserving well of God, as it is written in the I Gospel: "She departed not "it says, "from the temple, serving with fastings and prayers night and day."
