Oecumenius in his commentary states that the woman is the Theotokos and that she is present in heaven bodily and describes her as consubstantial with us (i.e. of the same human nature).(Suggit 2006, p. 107) Suggit, J.N. (2006). Commentary on the Apocalypse. Fathers of the church. Catholic University of America Press. ISBN978-0-8132-0112-2.
"The History of Joseph the Carpenter". The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents. Ante-Nicene Fathers. Vol. 8 – via Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
Arsène Heitz (1908–1989), one of the designers who had submitted proposals for the flag's design, in 1987, following the adoption of the flag by the EEC, laid claim such a religious inspiration. Heitz also made a connection to the date of the flag's adoption, 8 December 1955, coinciding with the Catholic Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The French satirical magazine Le Canard enchaîné reacted to Heitz' statement with an article entitled L’Europe violée par la Sainte Vierge ("Europe Raped by the Blessed Virgin") in the 20 December 1989 edition.
(Gialdino 2005, pp. 80–85). Gialdino, C.C. (2005). I simboli dell'Unione europea: bandiera, inno, motto, moneta, giornata. Per conoscere l'Unione europea (in Italian). Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato. ISBN978-88-240-2503-4.
Hippolytus 1886. Hippolytus (1886). Alexander Roberts; James Donaldson; A. Cleveland Coxe. (eds.). On Christ and Antichrist. Ante-Nicene Fathers. Vol. 5. Translated by J.H. MacMahon. Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co.
see also James Akin, The Woman of Revelation 12This Rock (Catholic Answers Magazine), Volume 8, Number 5 (May 1997).[unreliable source?]
"The Woman in Revelation 12 is part of the fusion imagery/polyvalent symbolism that is found in the book. She has four referents: Israel, the Church, Eve, and Mary. [...]
The Woman is Eve because she is part of the three-way conflict also involving her Seed and the Dragon, who is identified with the ancient serpent (the one from Eden) in 20:2. This mirrors the conflict in Genesis 3:15 between Eve, the serpent, and her unborn seed—which in turn is a symbol of the conflict between Mary, Satan, and Jesus."