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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abbey of Saint-Denis
		Abbey of Saint-Denis is situated in a small town to which it has given its name, about four miles north of Paris.
		The abbey figured prominently in the history of France and its abbots were for several centuries amongst the chief seigneurs of the kingdom.
		Abbey of St-Denis became the head of a congregation of ten monasteries, and in 1633 it was united, with its dependent houses, to the new Congregation of St-Maur, when its conventual buildings were entirely reconstructed.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13343b.htm (654 words)

	Royal Abbey at St. Denis - Picture - MSN Encarta
		The royal abbey church at St. Denis near Paris is known as the cradle of Gothic art.
		The building was the work of Suger, the abbot of St. Denis, who completely remodeled a very old church.
		The church was designed to permit the entry of light, which was considered necessary to create an atmosphere conducive to prayer.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461535366/Royal_Abbey_at_St_Denis.html (76 words)

	Romanesque Art and Architecture - MSN Encarta
		An early example of the style is the great church of St Philibert (11th century) at Tournus, remarkable for its two-storey, groin-vaulted narthex, or entrance porch, which contributed to the development of the two-tower façade.
		The most colossal church of medieval Christianity, demolished at the time of the French Revolution, was the third Benedictine abbey church at Cluny, which was built between 1080 and 1130 and strongly influenced subsequent building in Normandy, Lombardy, and the Rhineland.
		Pre-Romanesque architecture in Spain is exemplified by churches built in the 9th century, during the reign of King Alfonso II of Asturias.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570708_2/Romanesque_Art_and_Architecture.html (1324 words)

	Abbot Suger
		As royal abbey, St. Denis was a symbol of royal power, and what was done to it redounded to the glory of both the monarch and Franca Thus its renovation was a political as well as an architectural and religious event.
		The influence of the abbey church on French architecture was undoubtedly furthered by its role as political symbol.
		According to tradition the most noble necklace of Queen Nanthilda, wife of King Dagobert, founder of the church, was affixed to the middle of this cross, while another (smaller but unequaled according to the testimony of the most experienced artisans) was affixed to the forehead of St. Denis.
	history.hanover.edu /courses/excerpts/344sug.html (5036 words)

	Saint Denis Basilica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Denis is a patron saint of France and, according to legend, was the first bishop of Paris.
		The abbey is where the kings of France and their families were buried for centuries and is therefore often referred to as the "royal necropolis of France".
		As such, the remains were placed in an ossuary in St. Denis' crypt, behind two marble plates with the names of the hundreds of members of the succeeding French Dynasties that were interred in the church duly recorded.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Denis_Basilica (1040 words)

	About St. Louis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		St. Louis and what was left of his army was released after the death of the Sultan of Egypt.
		St. Louis and two of his sons were sicked by dysentery and St.
		St. Louis' bones and heart were returned to France and was enshirned in the abbey-church of St. Denis, until they were scattered by the Revolution.
	www.geocities.com /ictjeff/BioStLouis.htm (359 words)

	Sumner McKnight Crosby
		As a graduate student, he became fascinated with the abbey church of Saint-Denis, both as a school of manuscript illumination and as the birthplace of the gothic art form.
		HBibliography: [dissertation:] The Abbey of St. Denis in the XII Century: A Study of the Historical Backgrounds and of Problems Relating to the XII Century Church (Saint Denis, Twelfth Century, France).
		Yale University, 1937; The Abbey of St.-Denis, 475-1122.
	www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org /crosbys.htm (875 words)

	Gothic Materialism
		After Paul's death, Denis was sent on a mission to Gaul to convert the native pagans to Christianity, accompanied by two companions, the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius.
		After refusing to deny their faith, they were imprisoned, tortured (scourged, racked, thrown to wild beasts, burnt at the stake), and finally beheaded on the slopes of Montmartre (Paris; "Mount of Martyrs") around 258 CE.
		It is important to note that it was in the first half of the twelfth century that Saint Denis was named the patron saint of France and the abbey itself was noted as the principal church of the kingdom.
	www.students.sbc.edu /vandergriff04/gothicmaterialism.html (5094 words)

	Suger of Saint Denis
		Suger was born in 1081 of a very minor knightly family He was dedicated to the abbey of St. Denis at the age of nine or ten and came to see himself as its adopted child.
		For the glory of the church which nurtured and raised him, Suger strove for the glory of the church, Sharing with you what is yours, oh martyr Denis.
		Thus churches are decorated, not simply with jeweled crowns, but with jeweled wheels illuminated as much by their precious stones as by their lamps.
	www.artist-at-large.com /saintdenis2.htm (6263 words)

	Preston Studios - Essays
		Although the oldest extent large-scale stained glass windows are in the German Catheral in Augsburg, it is the Abbey Church of St Denis, near Paris, which marked the real revolution which was to sweep Europe in architecture and glass.
		From 1122 to 1151 the Abbot Sugar served the Abbey of St Denis and the French Monarchy.
		These great walls of glass, however, still had to support large heavy roofs – the only way to do this was to provide external support in the forms of "flying buttresses." Hence, "Gothic" architecture was born.
	www.prestonstudios.com /essays.html (308 words)

	Liturgical Objects
		A fifteenth century painting of the Mass of St Gilles, depicting the great Golden Cross and the Altar Frontal of Charles the Bald is another critical document in the reconstruction of the treasury of St Denis.
		Hanging from the back wall between the reliquary of St Benedict and the Screen of Charlemagne is an object believed to be the cup of Solomon, while the bowl of the cup just to the left of the crown of Charlemagne has been attributed to the Ptolemies, the Hellenistic rulers of Egypt.
		Also, with the devotion due to blessed Denis, we acquired vessels of gold as well as of precious stones for the service of the Table of God, in addition to those which the kings of the Franks and those devoted to the church had donated for this service....We...
	employees.oneonta.edu /farberas/arth/arth212/liturgical_objects/liturgical_objects2.html (1962 words)

	Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The old Royal Abbey of St Denis has been for centuries the headlight of artistic, political and spiritual history of the Franc world.
		When Denis arrived in Paris, local priests of other religions had complained to Rome that too many people converted to Christianism and Domitianus, the Roman emperor, sends troops to Paris.
		Denis and his two companions, saint Rustique et saint Éleuthère, are arrested and demanded to render honour to the authority of the emperor.
	www.jack-travel.com /IledeFrance/html/Saint_Denis_origins.htm (695 words)

	New York Architecture Images-Grace Church
		With the celebration of the church's 150th birthday, the Municipal Art Society added the church to its list of seven New York Landmarks that are of "national importance." The restoration of the church was begun in 1995 and is costing nearly three million dollars.
		The church was locked but a visit to the rectory to the north (through a very pleasant lawned garden) of the church and the lady priest showed me through into the church from there.
		The restoration of the church began in 1995 and the delicate parapets and pinnacles and fine arrray of windows are revealed again in all their original glory.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /GV/GV001GraceChurch.htm (1862 words)

	gothic4
		Denis was also the patron saint of France at the time, and her troops mached under the oriflame, the banner of the saint.
		The Royal Abbey of St. Denis held a number of important relics, including the bodily remains of St. Denis, who was believed to be the first bishop of Paris.
		Many pilgrims flocked to the abbey, and the choir of the old carolingian church could not sustain all of those eager to view the relics.
	www.msu.edu /~ramoskar/gothic4.html (588 words)

	Shrine of the Holy Whapping: September 2003
		The old church, after all, had been supposedly consecrated by God Himself, and this tradition "weighed heavily on abbots Suger and Eudes in their reconstructions..." An unprecedented number of old stones were reused by Suger in his campaign, and his own writings tell of the esteem he held for these sacred blocks.
		Though his program at St. Denis shows, depending on which author one consults, varying degrees of theological and philosophical literacy, he was a practical man, "a first minister of confidence, power and achievement." It is no surprise he was the "loyal advisor and friend" of the French monarchy.
		St. Denis, better known as the philosopher Dionysius the Areopagite of Acts 7:34, was a disciple of St. Paul and was appointed the first bishop of Paris by Pope St. Clement.
	holywhapping.blogspot.com /2003_08_10_holywhapping_archive.html (13203 words)

	French Gothic Cathedrals
		It is centred on its famous abbey church, which had been the burial place of the kings of France.
		The church is of major importance in the history of architecture, being the first major edifice marking the transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic style and serving as a model for most of the late 12th-century French Gothic cathedrals, including those at Chartres and Senlis." exerpted from Web Gallery of Art
		An interesting note on the origin of the cathedral's patron saint- St. Denis was sent from Rome to convert the pagan Gauls in the year 90 AD.
	www.daisychurch.com /cathedral/C/Denis/index.html (171 words)

	History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation. \| Christian Classics Ethereal ...
		His heart was bound up with the fortunes of the Reformed Church in France, and they were usually bad.
		Denis on the morning of Sunday, July 25, 1593, King Henry of Navarre, the son of Jeanne d’Albret, the only Huguenot who ever sat upon the throne of France, abjured his faith, and took a solemn oath to protect the Roman Catholic, and Apostolic religion.
		To effect this the city sent a delegation headed by Beza, and the interview between the monarch and the reformer was honorable to both.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/hcc8.iv.xix.viii.html (392 words)

	U.S. News: How a canny abbot and an unknown architect let in the light(6/30/03)
		The abbey at St.-Denis, where Suger's parents had deposited him at an early age, was home to such young notables as Louis VI, future king of France.
		Suger's detractors frowned at the lavishness of his spruced-up church, but the abbot defended his renovations as necessary to accommodate the swelling crowds that St.-Denis was drawing on feast days.
		Angered by the church's demands for cash, the burghers of Reims staged a riot in 1233 that forced the cathedral's governing body to flee town, halting construction.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/doubleissue/builders/articles/30cathedral.htm (1217 words)

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		The last Abbot, Thomas Botelier, surrendered his church peacefully and was granted a hefty pension as reward his co-operation.
		The abbey church of St. Hildegard is destination of many pilgrim groups and visitors travelling each year on the paths of the great Saint and finding their way to Eibingen.
		The Abbey Church was saved for future generations when it was bought, for £100, by the parishioners of Romsey for use as their Parish Church in February 1544.
	www.lycos.com /info/abbey--abbey-church.html (471 words)

	Twelfth Century Windows at St. Denis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		St Denis was the burial place of French kings for over 800 years.
		Though the original church was built around 800 AD, its most notable architectural features were added when the east and west ends were rebuilt by Abbot Suger in 1141-44.
		St Denis is also important to art historians because there is a detailed first person accounts of this reconstruction by Abbot Suger; these accounts give very valuable information about medieval financial, orgainzational and construction techniques and about the values and attitudes of medieval patrons.
	vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu /medart/image/France/sdenis/windows/TwelfthcWindows.html (346 words)

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		Thus abbey churches were often large and sumptuously decorated, their services complex and elaborate.
		I say nothing of the enormous height, extravagant length and unnecessary width of the churches, of their costly polishings and curious paintings which catch the worshipper's eye and dry up his devotion, things which seem to me in some sense a revival of ancient Jewish rites.
		Thus churches are decorated, not simply with jeweled crowns, but with jeweled wheels illuminated as much by their precious stones as by their lamps.
	www.history.vt.edu /Burr/S&B.html (6096 words)

	Religious architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl is an excellent example of Russian orthodox architecture in the middle ages.
		The Urnes stave church (Urnes stavkyrkje) in Norway is a superb example of a medieval stave church.
		Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offer a unique look at design as it has changed from the simple church like structure of the Kirtland Temple built in their 1830s, to the castellated Gothic styles of the early Utah temples, to the dozens of mass produced modern temples built today.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Religious_architecture (2757 words)

	End of Europe's Middle Ages - Visual Arts
		The Gothic style that originated with Abbot Suger's rebuilding of the royal Abbey Church of St.-Denis in the mid- twelfth century initiated a new style of architecture referred to as Gothic.
		The Cistercians carried the first Gothic influences in Italy and cathedrals were patterned after the abbeys of the order, reflecting the harmony and balanced proportions of the typical Cistercian abbeys.
		Milan's Cathedral, the largest Gothic church in Italy and the third largest in Europe, was begun in 1386/7 and provides the most complete demonstration of the decorative focus of the High Gothic style.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/art2.html (1672 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Also, I want it to seem like it touches the heavens." The leaders of the churches usually wanted their churches to be wider, taller, longer, and much more beautiful that any church ever seen before.
		For the Gothic era, we have such a man. The man is a Benedictine abbot called Suger, the place, the Abbey Church of St.-Denis near Paris around 1144.
		You see, the way a Gothic church is so tall, but not wide, is because it doesn't have a complete arch.
	library.thinkquest.org /11114/html/gothic-no.htm (474 words)

	Saint Denis Basilica information - Search.com
		Saint Denis is a patron saint of France and, according to legend, was the first bishop of Paris.
		The church is an architectural landmark, part of which is considered to be the first major structure built in the Gothic style.
		The abbey is where the kings of France were buried for centuries and is therefore often referred to as the "royal necropolis of France".
	www.search.com /reference/Saint_Denis_Basilica (874 words)

	St. Denis and Companions - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
		His popularity is due to a series of legends, especially those connecting him with the great abbey church of St. Denis in Paris.
		The best hypothesis contends that Denis was sent to Gaul from Rome in the third century and beheaded in the persecution under Valerius in 258.
		"Martyrdom is part of the Church's nature since it manifests Christian death in its pure form, as the death of unrestrained faith, which is otherwise hidden in the ambivalence of all human events.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1163 (399 words)

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