Abbot Suger

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Abbot Suger was a 12th-century French abbot and statesman renowned as a key patron of early Gothic architecture and a powerful advisor to the kings of France.

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Abbot Suger canonical 1
Suger 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cleric
French person
abbot
human
statesman
advisorTo Louis VI of France
Louis VII of France
architecturalStylePromoted Gothic architecture
associatedWith Basilica of Saint-Denis
surface form: Abbey of Saint-Denis

Capetian dynasty
birthPlace Kingdom of France
near Paris
birthYear c. 1081
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
deathDate 13 January 1151
deathPlace Kingdom of France
Basilica of Saint-Denis
surface form: Saint-Denis
education Basilica of Saint-Denis
surface form: Abbey of Saint-Denis

royal court school
employer French Crown
surface form: French crown
era 12th century
fieldOfWork architecture patronage
ecclesiastical administration
royal governance
influenced development of Gothic cathedrals in France
use of stained glass in Gothic churches
knownFor development of the Gothic style in church architecture
patronage of early Gothic architecture
rebuilding of the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
service as advisor to the kings of France
languageOfWork Latin
name Abbot Suger self-linksurface differs
surface form: Suger
nationality French
occupation abbot of Saint-Denis
royal advisor
statesman
participatedIn Second Crusade (as political figure and regent at home)
patronOf Basilica of Saint-Denis
surface form: Abbey Church of Saint-Denis

early Gothic architecture
positionHeld Abbot of Saint-Denis
surface form: abbot of Saint-Denis

regent of France
royal minister
precededByInOffice Abbot of Saint-Denis
surface form: Adam (abbot of Saint-Denis)
religion Roman Catholicism
roleDuringEvent regent of France during Louis VII’s absence on the Second Crusade
succeededByInOffice Odo of Deuil (as abbot of Saint-Denis)
wrote De Administratione
De Consecratione

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Basilica of Saint-Denis builder Abbot Suger
Abbot Suger name Abbot Suger self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Suger