Abbot Suger

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Abbot Suger was a 12th-century French abbot and statesman renowned as a key patron of early Gothic architecture and a powerful advisor to the kings of France.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Abbot Suger canonical 3
Suger of Saint-Denis 2
Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cleric ⓘ
French person ⓘ
abbot ⓘ
human ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
advisorTo Louis VI of France ⓘ
Louis VII of France ⓘ
architecturalStylePromoted Gothic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Abbey of Saint-Denis ⓘ
Capetian dynasty ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
near Paris ⓘ
birthYear c. 1081 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathDate 13 January 1151 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
Saint-Denis ⓘ
education Abbey of Saint-Denis ⓘ
royal court school ⓘ
employer French crown ⓘ
linked to: French Crown
era 12th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture patronage ⓘ
ecclesiastical administration ⓘ
royal governance ⓘ
influenced development of Gothic cathedrals in France ⓘ
use of stained glass in Gothic churches ⓘ
knownFor development of the Gothic style in church architecture ⓘ
patronage of early Gothic architecture ⓘ
rebuilding of the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis ⓘ
service as advisor to the kings of France ⓘ
languageOfWork Latin ⓘ
name Suger ⓘ
linked to: Abbot Suger
nationality French ⓘ
occupation abbot of Saint-Denis ⓘ
royal advisor ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
participatedIn Second Crusade (as political figure and regent at home) ⓘ
patronOf Abbey Church of Saint-Denis ⓘ
early Gothic architecture ⓘ
positionHeld abbot of Saint-Denis ⓘ
regent of France ⓘ
royal minister ⓘ
precededByInOffice Adam (abbot of Saint-Denis) ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roleDuringEvent regent of France during Louis VII’s absence on the Second Crusade ⓘ
succeededByInOffice Odo of Deuil (as abbot of Saint-Denis) ⓘ
wrote De Administratione ⓘ
De Consecratione ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Basilica of Saint-Denis → builder → Abbot Suger ⓘ
Abbot Suger → name → Suger ⓘ
linked to: Abbot Suger
Louis VI of France → ally → Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis ⓘ
linked to: Abbot Suger
Louis VI of France → advisor → Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis ⓘ
linked to: Abbot Suger
De Administratione → author → Abbot Suger ⓘ
De Consecratione → author → Abbot Suger ⓘ
Odo of Deuil → follows → Suger of Saint-Denis ⓘ
linked to: Abbot Suger
Odo of Deuil → succeededInOffice → Suger of Saint-Denis ⓘ
linked to: Abbot Suger