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Suger , (born 1081, near Parisā€”died Jan. 13, 1151), Abbot of Saint-Denis and adviser to Louis VI and Louis VII. A peasant boy educated at the abbey of Saint-Denis, he was a schoolmate and close friend of the future Louis VI. In 1122 he was elected abbot, and he used popular veneration for the saint and for the churchā€™s banner to rally military support for the king. Sugerā€™s work on the church of Saint-Denis was instrumental in the development of Gothic architecture. He arranged a treaty ending the civil war between Louis VII and his vassal Thibaut, and he served as regent (1147ā€“49) while the king was away on the Second Crusade.