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Map of the tombs in Saint-Denis Basilica; The Treasures of Saint-Denis – scholarly article from 1915 on the important and mostly destroyed treasures; L'Internaute Magazine: Diaporama (in French) Satellite image from Google Maps; Saint-Denis, a town in the Middle Ages; Photos of tombs and the Basilica (in French) Photos of the windows at the ...
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)
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
St Denis Church, East Hatley, Cambridgeshire, England St Denis Church, Joondanna , Western Australia St. Denis' Church (Hopewell Junction, New York) , United States
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 ...
The Rue de la Chapelle, where the church is located, has existed since Gallo-Roman times, running from the suburb of Saint-Denis to the center of Paris. Due to the relics, the church became an important pilgrimage site. The relics remained there until 636 when, on the orders of Dagobert I, they were reinterred in the new Basilica of Saint-Denis ...
One of the engravings from the description of the treasury by Michel Félibien, 1706.Among other objects, it depicts Joyeuse (far left), the Cross of Saint Eligius (left), the bust reliquary of Saint Benedict (center), the Screen of Charlemagne (right); and on the front row, from left to right, Suger's Eagle, the Navette de Saint Denis, the Sardonyx Ewer, and the Crown of Charlemagne.
In 710 Fulrad was born in Alsace, Francia. [7] He joined the abbey of Saint-Denis, and in 750 he was elected its abbot. [7] With his new position, Fulrad increased the size of the abbey with his inheritance from his parents; as well he retook the land seized from the abbey by Charles Martel. [7]