In Italy, the fleur de lis, called "giglio bottonato" (it), is mainly known from the crest of the city of Florence. In the Florentine fleurs-de-lis, the stamens are always posed between the petals. Originally "argent" (silver or white) on "gules" (red) background, the emblem became the standard of the imperial party in Florence ("parte ghibellina"), causing the town government, which maintained a staunch "Guelph" stance, being strongly opposed to the imperial pretensions on city states, to reverse the color pattern to the final "gules" lily on "argent" background. This heraldic charge is often known as the Florentine lily to distinguish it from the conventional (stamen-not-shown) design. As an emblem of the city, it is therefore found in icons of Zenobius, its first bishop, and associated with Florence's patron Saint John the Baptist in the Florentine fiorino. Several towns subjugated by Florence or founded within the territory of the Florentine Republic adopted a variation of the Florentine lily in their crests, often without the stamens.