sentences:  Ancient witnesses to the Marian interpretation include St. Epiphanius, Tychonius (who heavily influenced St. Augustine), the unknown author of the "History of Joseph the Carpenter", Quodvultdeus (a disciple of St. Augustine), Cassiodorus (Complexiones in Apocalypsi, written c. 570 AD), and the Greek Fathers Andreas of Caesarea (late 6th c. / early 7th c.) and Oikoumenios (6th c.).In modern times, the Marian interpretation has been affirmed by Pope Pius X,
  Pope Pius XII,
  Pope Paul VI, and Pope John Paul II.The woman's "male child" is a reference to Jesus (Revelation 12