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Suger, detail of a stained glass window, 12th century; in the abbey church of Saint-Denis, Fr.
Suger, detail of a stained glass window, 12th century; in the abbey church of Saint-Denis, Fr.

Suger

French abbot
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Anne F. Rockwell
Freelance writer and illustrator. Author of Glass, Stones and Crown: The Abbé Suger and the Building of St. Denis and others.
Anne F. Rockwell
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Born:
1081, near Paris
Died:
Jan. 13, 1151 (aged 70)
Title / Office:
abbot (1122)
Movement / Style:
Gothic architecture
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Suger (born 1081, near Paris—died Jan. 13, 1151) was a French abbot and adviser to kings Louis VI and VII whose supervision of the rebuilding of the abbey church of Saint-Denis was instrumental in the development of the Gothic style of architecture. Suger was born of peasant parents. As a child he showed unusual intelligence, and in 1091 he was brought to the nearby abbey of Saint-Denis (the patron saint of France) to be educated by the monks. His closest friend and schoolmate at the abbey was Louis Capet, a boy his age. This boy became King Louis VI in ...(100 of 892 words)

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