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The abbey church became a cathedral on the formation of the Diocese of Saint-Denis by Pope Paul VI in 1966 and is the seat of the Bishop of Saint-Denis, currently (since 2009) Pascal Delannoy. Although known as the "Basilica of St Denis", the cathedral has not been granted the title of Minor Basilica by the Vatican .
Saint-Denis Cathedral [1] (French: Cathédrale Saint-Denis de Saint-Denis de La Réunion) [2] or at greater length the Cathedral of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, Réunion, [3] is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Saint-Denis, capital of the island of Reunion, [4] a province of France in the Indian Ocean, part of Africa.
The Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii Reunionis; French: Diocèse de Saint-Denis de La Réunion) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Réunion. It is immediately subject to the Holy See.
This is a list of abbots and grand priors of the Basilica of Saint-Denis. This list is drawn mostly from Félicie d'Ayzac , Histoire de Saint-Denys (Paris, 1861), Vol. 1, pp. cxxiii–cxxxi. Abbots
These include St Peter's Basilica, Notre-Dame de Paris, Cologne Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Antwerp Cathedral, Prague Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, the Basilica of Saint-Denis, Santa Maria Maggiore, the Basilica of San Vitale, St Mark's Basilica, Westminster Abbey, Saint Basil's Cathedral, Antoni Gaudí's incomplete Sagrada Família and the ...
French Gothic architecture was the result of the emergence in the 12th century of a powerful French state centered in the Île-de-France.During the reign of Louis VI of France (1081–1137), Paris was the principal residence of the Kings of France, Reims the place of coronation, and the Abbey of Saint-Denis became their ceremonial burial place.
The Gothic style first appeared in France in the mid-12th century in an Abbey, St Denis Basilica, built by Abbot Suger (1081–1151). The old Basilica was the traditional burial place of Saint Denis, and of the Kings of France, and was also a very popular pilgrimage destination, so much so that pilgrims were sometimes crushed by the crowds.
The Saint-Denis Cathedral is a French cathedral, known as one of the founding examples of Gothic Christian architecture, [21] it was designed by Abbott Suger in the twelfth century and constructed during the thirteenth century. [22]