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The Basilica of Saint-Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis [1]) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris.
This is a list of abbots and grand priors of the Basilica of Saint-Denis. This list is drawn mostly from Félicie d'Ayzac , Histoire de Saint-Denys (Paris, 1861), Vol. 1, pp. cxxiii–cxxxi. Abbots
Usage on de.wikipedia.org Plünderung der Königsgräber von Saint-Denis; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Profanación de las tumbas de la basílica de Saint-Denis; Usage on ru.wikipedia.org Осквернение королевской усыпальницы в базилике Сен-Дени; Usage on sl.wikipedia.org Stolnica sv. Dionizija, Saint ...
The Gothic style first appeared in France in the mid-12th century in an Abbey, St Denis Basilica, built by Abbot Suger (1081–1151). The old Basilica was the traditional burial place of Saint Denis, and of the Kings of France, and was also a very popular pilgrimage destination, so much so that pilgrims were sometimes crushed by the crowds.
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He also started the work of enlarging the Basilica of Saint Denis that still exists today, often cited as the first example of high early Gothic Architecture. [4] [5] The new church was consecrated in 1144. Saint-Denis was depopulated in the Hundred Years' War; of its 10,000 citizens, only 3,000 remained after the war. Battle of Saint-Denis (1567)
Designed for and installed at the Saint-Denis Basilica, France, it was commissioned in 1515 in memory of Louis XII (d. 1515, aged 52) and his queen Anne of Brittany (d. 1514, aged 36), probably by Louis' successor Francis I (reigned 1515–1547), and after years of design and intensive building was unveiled in 1531. [2]
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