The fleur de lis on the wall of the narthex of St. Michael's Cathedral. As a Christian symbol, the fleur de lis is associated strongly with Mary, purity, and chastity.
I would that the whole world knew you and acknowledged you as being that beautiful Dawn which was always illumined with divine light; as that chosen Ark of salvation, free from the common shipwreck of sin; that perfect and immaculate Dove which your divine Spouse declared you to be...and finally, as that white Lily, which you are...
– St. Alphonsus Liguori to Mary
Et de vestimento quid solliciti estis? Considerate lilia agri quomodo crescunt non laborant nec nent; dico autem vobis quoniam nec Salomon in omni gloria sua coopertus est sicut unum ex istis.
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