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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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