The Good Mother
The Notre-Dame basilica of the Guard is considered by the Marseilles population as their guardian and the protectoress of the city, hence current naming of 'good mother'.
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Famous quotes containing the words the good and/or mother:
“He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”
—Bible: New Testament Matthew 5:45.
“My mother bore me in the southern wild,
And I am black, but O! my soul is white;”
—William Blake (1757–1827)