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The basilica was
built on the cemetery where the first bishop of Paris, ..........................
was buried. As early as the 5th century it was considered a special place and people would go
there on .......................... In 754 Pepin
the .......................... was crowned
in the abbey by the Pope, in the presence of his sons Carloman and the future
........................... It was the
abbot .......................... who began rebuilding the church in 1137.
From the early Middle Ages Saint Denis was used as a royal
.......................... and many kings
were buried there. Several kings of the ..........................
dynasty were buried there including Dagobert.
Members of the Carolingian royal family were also buried in the church, including
.......................... , Pepin the
Short and Charles the .......................... .
From Hugh Capet onwards, all the kings of France but three were buried in Saint Denis.
The basilica is famous today because of its
.......................... architecture
and because it is the cemetery of kings. |
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