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French abbot-statesmen, historian and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture (1080-1151)

Also known as: Suger von Saint-Denis, Abbé Suger, Abbot of Saint Denis Suger, Suger, Suger of Saint-Denis, Сугерий

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