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The '''Abbey of Saint-Denis''' is a [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] monastery in [[Saint-Denis]], [[France]]. | The '''Abbey of Saint-Denis''' is a [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] [[Church|monastery]] in [[Saint-Denis]], [[France]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The abbey was founded in 630 for Benedictine monks by [[Dagobert I]], and soon became one of the most important of its kind in France. French Kings tended to pray at the abbey before leaving for battle, as well as several queens and princesses also spending part of their lives there.<ref name=":0">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]'' – [[Database: Abbey of Saint Denis]]</ref> The abbots would serve as advisors to the [[monarchy]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' ''– Dead Kings'' – [[Database: Franciade]]</ref> the most famous being [[Suger of Saint-Denis|Suger]], who discovered | The abbey was founded in 630 for Benedictine monks by [[Dagobert I]], and soon became one of the most important of its kind in France. French Kings tended to pray at the abbey before leaving for battle, as well as several queens and princesses also spending part of their lives there.<ref name=":0">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]'' – [[Database: Abbey of Saint Denis]]</ref> The abbots would serve as advisors to the [[monarchy]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' ''– Dead Kings'' – [[Database: Franciade]]</ref> the most famous being [[Suger of Saint-Denis|Suger]], who discovered an [[Isu]] [[Saint-Denis Temple|temple]] underneath the [[Basilica of Saint-Denis]].<ref name="DK">''Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings'' – [[Suger's Legacy]]</ref> | ||
During the [[French Revolution]], anti-royalist revolutionaries desecrated the royal tombs in Saint-Denis, though one of the local monks, [[Dom Poirier]], kept a list of the artifacts that were stolen.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' ''– Dead Kings'' – [[Database: Dom Poirier's List]]</ref> The monks were eventually thrown out of the abbey, which was then taken over by [[mercenaries]]<ref name=":0" /> under the command of Captain [[Philippe Rose]].<ref name=":1">''Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings'' – [[Buried Words]]</ref> | During the [[French Revolution]], anti-royalist revolutionaries desecrated the royal tombs in Saint-Denis, though one of the local monks, [[Dom Poirier]], kept a list of the artifacts that were stolen.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' ''– Dead Kings'' – [[Database: Dom Poirier's List]]</ref> The monks were eventually thrown out of the abbey, which was then taken over by [[mercenaries]]<ref name=":0" /> under the command of Captain [[Philippe Rose]].<ref name=":1">''Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings'' – [[Buried Words]]</ref> | ||
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The Abbey of Saint-Denis is a Benedictine monastery in Saint-Denis, France.
History
The abbey was founded in 630 for Benedictine monks by Dagobert I, and soon became one of the most important of its kind in France. French Kings tended to pray at the abbey before leaving for battle, as well as several queens and princesses also spending part of their lives there.[1] The abbots would serve as advisors to the monarchy,[2] the most famous being Suger, who discovered an Isu temple underneath the Basilica of Saint-Denis.[3]
During the French Revolution, anti-royalist revolutionaries desecrated the royal tombs in Saint-Denis, though one of the local monks, Dom Poirier, kept a list of the artifacts that were stolen.[4] The monks were eventually thrown out of the abbey, which was then taken over by mercenaries[1] under the command of Captain Philippe Rose.[5]
Rose worked for Napoleon Bonaparte to find an artifact in the temple under the basilica.[6] The mercenaries procured the list and the relics mentioned in it, keeping them at the abbey[5] and reportedly selling some of them.[1] In August 1794, the exiled Assassin Arno Dorian infiltrated the abbey library to recover Dom Poirier's list.[5]
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – Database: Abbey of Saint Denis
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – Database: Franciade
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – Suger's Legacy
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – Database: Dom Poirier's List
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – Buried Words
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – A Crown of Thorns