Suger

/ suːˈʒɛə /

noun

1. Suger10811151MFrenchRELIGION: clergymanPOLITICS: statesman 1081–1151, French ecclesiastic and statesman, who acted as adviser to Louis VI and regent (1147–49) to Louis VII. As abbot of Saint-Denis (1122–51) he influenced the development of Gothic architecture

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The famous Suger, the minister of a powerful king, built the abbey of St. Denis.

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At length the pressing entreaties of Suger induced the French monarch to return to his native land.

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Suger thought that nothing was too precious for the house of God.

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One gains a very special liking for little Abbot Suger, most dependable of men, whose life was a succession of big undertakings.

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Abbot Suger was the first to employ the generating member with the full intelligence of its results.

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