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Suger (c. 1081–1151)

French historian and politician. He was regent of France during the Second Crusade. In 1122 he was elected abbot of St Denis, Paris, and was counsellor to, and biographer of, Louis VI and Louis VII.

He began the reconstruction of St Denis as the first large-scale Gothic building.



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Again, Park shows us Abbot Suger contemplating the marvellous treasures of St.
Wonders and the Order of Nature by LAIRD, W. R. / Renaissance Quarterly
Seven centuries before the Impressionists, the Abbot Suger of the Royal Abbe of St.
Sometime you can see God through a window by McCormick, Patrick / U.S. Catholic
Abbot Suger (1081-1151), for example, cared intensely about the materials of works of art, arguing that "we must do homage [to God] also through the outward ornaments of sacred vessels" (quoted in Erwin Panofsky, "Abbot Suger of St.
Balancing acts: reading sources and weighing evidence in recent ... by Goffen, Rona / Renaissance Quarterly
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