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Suger

Suger

1080 –January 13, 1151

Architect, Historian, Writer, Monk, Politician, Prince of the Church

Lived 71 years

Born in
Chennevières-lès-Louvres
Passed away in
Saint-Denis

Suger (; French: [syʒɛʁ]; Latin: Sugerius; c. 1081 – 13 January 1151) was a French abbot and statesman. He was a key advisor to King Louis VI and his son Louis VII, acting as the latter's regent during the Second Crusade. His writings are seminal texts for early 12th-century Capetian history, and his reconstruction of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, where he was abbot, was instrumental in creating the Gothic architecture style.

Notable works: Basilica of Saint-Denis, Vita Ludovici Grossi regis, De ordinatione, Libellus alter de consecratione ecclesiae sancti Dionysii, Liber de rebus in administratione sua gestis, Letters

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suger