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It is not rare, until the end of the 12th century, to see [[Jesus]] [[Christ]] represented amidst more or less stylised lilies or fleurons, whose design also recall the [[Trinity]] of the Chrismon (Tree) (Christ's monogram).Then, slowly, on this Christic content is added a Marial symbolic, linked to the development of the Cult of Mary, and to which the next verse of the Song of Solomon is related (2:2): "''sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter lilias''" ("as the lily [stands out] among the thorns, thus my love [stands out] among the lilies"), as well as many parts of the Scriptures and the Fathers of the [[Church]], where the lily is presented as symbol of purity, virginity and chastity. In iconography, the fleur-de-lis becomes the favorite attribute in the Glorification/Assumption of Mary.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna_of_Cz%C4%99stochowa (Exsample].)

It is also a symbol of Ressurection and Assumption.

The fleur-de-lis represent the Tree of Life.

The Angel Gabriel is often pictured with the lily in his hand in the Annunciation of [[Christ]]'s birth.