When1: 1132
When2: 1144
Who: Suger or Abbot Suger [Suger, Abbot]
What: abbot/architect
Where: St. Denis, France
works\ Abbey Church of St. Denis [1137 to 1144: Gothic church]
Detail: He lived 1081 to 1151 and built St. Denis Abbey, first Gothic church. He started Gothic art and said that art is necessary to see truth and beauty. He counseled Louis VI and Louis VII and was their historian. St. Denis is in Ile-de-France, near Paris.
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