“It is well known that the palm is the emblem of victory, and for this reason our queen has been placed on a high throne in the sight of all potentates, as a palm, the sign of certain victory, which all can promise themselves who have recourse to her. ‘I was exalted like a palm-tree in Cades.’” St. Alphonsus de Liguori, The Glories of Mary (Eccli. xxiv. 18.)