Royal_Abbey_Of_St._Denis

Royal Abbey Of St. Denis The royal Abbey of St. Denis is named after the first bishop of Paris and his companions martyred in 270; a small chapel was built over the place of their burial, which is now the site of the Abbey. In 630 the abbey was founded for Benedictine monks, and used as a place of education. Over the years the abbey went through many additions and reconstructions. In the late 1000’s the future king of France, Louis VI, was educated along side a young serf who was adopted by the church: the future Abbot Suger, inside the walls of the Abbey of St. Denis. Little did these two boys know that their shared ideas of the church reflecting the Divine Holiness through its architectural expression, would be a major influence on the entire world in terms of design. When the boys grew older, Louis became the sixth king of France and Suger was made Abbot of St. Denis. While Louis was away fighting in the crusades, he named Suger “Father of the Country” because of his successful maintaining of France and the respect given to him by the French people. With this royal, abbey, new, church, st, denis, suger, france, gothic, divine, three, pointed, louis, light, king, french, design, because, architecture, arches, abbot, young, window, vaulting, two, towers, through, system, place, paris, over, notre, named, influence, ideas, god