Suger

Abbot Suger of St-Denis
Abbot Suger of St-Denis
	A redrawing of Suger from a stained glass window found in his abbey.
Personal
Born	c. 1081, likely in Chennevières-lès-Louvres
Died	13 January 1151 (aged ~70); Saint-Denis
Resting place	Basilica of 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 remain seminal texts for early twelfth-century Capetian history, and his reconstruction of the Basilica of Saint-Denis where he was abbot was instrumental in the creation of Gothic architecture.

^ Charles Higounet, La Grange de Vaulerent (Paris: S. E. V. P. E. N., 1965) p. 11. This is a history of the Vaulerent barn and its development: the land had previously belonged to the Suger de Chennevières family.

[1] Charles Higounet, La Grange de Vaulerent (Paris: S. E. V. P. E. N., 1965) p. 11. This is a history of the Vaulerent barn and its development: the land had previously belonged to the Suger de Chennevières family.

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