Editing Suger (section)

{{short description|12th-century French abbot, statesman and historian}}
{{about|the French abbot|the Guatemalan physicist|Eduardo Suger}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
| name             = Suger
| image            = Abbot Suger.jpg
| alt              = A redrawing of Suger from a stained glass window.
| caption          = A redrawing of Suger from a stained glass window found in his abbey.
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| birth_date       = {{c.}} 1081, likely in [[Chennevières-lès-Louvres]]<ref>Charles Higounet, ''[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3373587t/f32.item La Grange de Vaulerent]'' (Paris: S. E. V. P. E. N., 1965) p. 11. This is a history of the [[Vaulerent barn]] and its development, from which we learn that the land had previously belonged to the ''Suger de Chennevières'' family.</ref>
| death_date       = 13 January 1151 (aged ~70)
| death_place      = [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
| resting_place    = [[Basilica of Saint-Denis]]
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'''Suger''' ({{IPAc-en|s|uː|ˈ|ʒ|ɛər}};<ref>{{Cite Dictionary.com|Suger}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|syʒɛʁ|lang}}; {{langx|la|Sugerius}}; {{c.}} 1081 – 13 January 1151) was a French [[abbot]] and statesman. He was a key advisor to King [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] and his son [[Louis VII]], acting as the latter's regent during the [[Second Crusade]]. His writings remain seminal texts for early twelfth-century [[Capetian dynasty|Capetian history]], and his reconstruction of the [[Basilica of Saint-Denis]], where he was abbot, was instrumental in creating the [[Gothic architecture]] style.