Qui repose à la basilique de Saint-denis ?

Qui repose à la basilique de Saint-denis ?

A quelques kilomètres au nord de Paris, la Basilique cathédrale de Saint-Denis, véritable berceau de l'histoire de France, abrite les sépultures de tous les Rois et des Reines de France. Clovis Ier, Dagobert, Charles Martel, Catherine de Médicis, Henri IV, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette ...

Pourquoi Saint-denis Est-il important ?

Lieu de très haut prestige, prisé pour les pouvoirs protecteurs des saints qui y sont inhumés, Saint-Denis devient un lieu de sépulture recherché par les aristocrates de la première moitié du Moyen Âge. Au XIIe siècle, la pratique de l'inhumation à Saint-Denis continue mais elle est alors réservée aux rois de France.

What is the Basilica of Saint Denis in France?

• The Basilica of Saint-Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the city of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris.

What is the history of St Denis de la Chapelle?

• Around the year 475AD St. Genevieve purchased some land and built Saint-Denys de la Chapelle. In 636 on the orders of Dagobert I the relics of Saint Denis, a patron saint of France, were reinterred in the basilica.

What is the significance of the Basilica Cathedral in Paris?

• The earliest masterpiece of French Gothic architecture, a royal abbey and major pilgrimage site in the Middle Ages, the Basilica Cathedral assumed its principal role as the burial place for the kings of France as early as the 6th century.

Who was buried at the abbey of Saint-Denis?

• Built on the grave of Saint Denis, a Bishop of Paris who died in 250 AD, the royal abbey of Saint-Denis was, from the death of King Dagobert in 639 AD until the 19th century, the burial place of 43 kings, 32 queens and 10 servants to the monarchy.