When Virgil prophesied the coming of the Virgin's Son

When the Virgin Mary was walking on this earth, the Romans were also expecting a not-too-distant Golden Age, as shown in the fourth Eclogue of the "Buccolics" by the great Latin poet Virgil (70-19 BC):

“Now the last age by Cumae's Sibyl sung has come and gone, and the majestic roll of circling centuries begins anew: justice returns, returns old Saturn's reign, with a new breed of men sent down from heaven. Only do thou, at the boy's birth in whom the iron shall cease, the golden race arise.”

The Virgin Mary in whom the Son of God would descend probably wasn’t aware of this oracle, but Jesus, who was indeed born under the reign of Emperor Augustus, did transform the iron of oppression into the gold of love.

It is amazing to see that the "Virgo Paritura" - "The Virgin who must give birth" - was venerated before the coming of Christ in several ancient sites such as Longpont, Nogent-sous-Coucy, and Chartres.

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