St. Denis
Americannoun
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Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
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a suburb of Paris in N France: famous abbey, the burial place of many French kings.
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a seaport in and the capital of Réunion island, in the Indian Ocean.
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First seen in its full glory at the nearby abbey of St. Denis, Gothic architecture served an age without electricity—one that learned to reduce its walls to their physical minimum in order to welcome sunlight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
Let our story begin in 1911, when 16-year-old Graham and her father rode a ferry to L.A. from Santa Barbara to see the exotic dance sensation Ruth St. Denis.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025
Ulrich placed sacred relics in a hole inside the rooster’s breast, including fragments of Christ’s Crown of Thorns and remains of St. Denis and St. Genevieve, infusing the sculpture with religious importance.
From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2023
In 1909, an Indian dancer named Mohammed Ismail tried to sue white dancer Ruth St. Denis, claiming he was the originator of one of St. Denis' "Oriental" dances.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2021
Other examples are not lacking, as for instance some of the Thirteenth-Century effigies of the French kings and queens at St. Denis, and some of the wonderful sculptures at Rheims.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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