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Suger — Abbot of Saint-Denis, adviser to Louis VI and Louis VII, regent of the kingdom, c. 1081–1151
An oblate at Saint-Denis at ten, schoolmate of the future Louis VI, he became abbot in 1122, adviser to two kings, regent during the Second Crusade, and rebuilt his basilica in a new art that Europe called Gothic. He wrote the life of Louis the Fat, and passes for the monarchy’s first great minister. (Editorial synthesis)
Suger was born around 1081 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Suger died on 13 January 1151 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Suger died in Saint-Denis. (source: Larousse)
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