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abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...

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grand prior Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be low ...

s 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

For the first part of this list, dates may indicate attestations and not dates of reign. * Dodo: 627 * Chunuald: 632 * Aigulf: before 639 * Wandebercht: 647 * Charderic: 678×690 * Chaino: 690–696 * Dalphinus: 709/710 * Chillardus: 710–716 * Turnoald: 717 * Hugh of Rouen (died 730), Hugh I: 718–730 * Berthoald: 723 * Godobald: 726 * Amalbert: 749 * Fulrad: 750–784 * Maginarius: 789–793 * Fardulf: 793–806 * Waldo of Reichenau: 806–814 * Hilduin († 841): 814–841 * Louis (abbot of Saint-Denis), Louis: 841–867 * Charles the Bald: 867–877 (''in commendam'') * Joscelin (bishop of Paris), Gozlin I: 877–886 * Ebles: 886–903 (''in commendam'') * Robert I of France, Robert I: 903–923 (''in commendam'') * Hugh the Great, Hugh II: 923–956 (''in commendam'') * Hugh Capet, Hugh III: 956–??? (''in commendam'') * Gozlin II * Gerard * Robert II: 980 * Odilo: 994 * Vivian: 998 * Hugh IV: 1049–1062 * Raynier: 1067 * William I: 1071 * Yves I: 1091 For the remainder of the list dates are regnal dates. * Adam: 1094/1099–1122 * Suger: 1122–1151 * Odo of Deuil, Odo II of Deuil: 1151–1162 * Odo III of Taverny: 1162–1169 * Yves II: 1169–1173 * William of Gap, William II of Gap: 1173–1180, dismissed by the king * Hugh V Foucaut: 1186–1197 * Hugh VI of Milan: 1197–1204 * Henry I Troon: 1204–1221 * Pierre d'Auteuil: 1221–1229 * Eudes Clément, Odo IV: 1228–1245 * Guillaume Macorris, William III: 1246–1253 * Henri Mallet, Henry II Mallet: 1254–1258, resigned * Matthew of Vendôme (abbot), Matthew of Vendôme: 1258–1286 *Renaud de Giffard: 1286–1304 *Gilles I de Pontoise: 1304–1325 *Guy I de Châtres: 1326–1343, resigned *Gilles Rigaud, Gilles II Rigaud: 1343–1351 *Gauthier II de Pontoise: 1351–1354 *Robert III de Fontenay: 1354–1363 *Guy de Monceau: 1363–1393 *Philippe I de Vilette: 1393–1418 *Jean I de Borbon: 1418–1431 *Guillaume IV Farréchal: 1431–1442 *Philippe II de Gamaches: 1442–1464 *Jean Jouffroy, Jean II Jouffroy: 1464–1474 *Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas, Jean III de Villiers: 1474–1499 *Antoine de la Haye: 1499–1505 *Pierre II de Gouffier: 1505–1517 *Aymar Gouffier de Boisy: 1517–1519 *Jean d'Orimont: 1519–1529 *Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme, Louis II de Bourbon-Vendôme: 1529–1557 (''in commendam'') *Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine: 1557–1574 *Louis de Lorraine (1555–1588), Louis III de Lorraine: 1574–1589 *Charles II de Bourbon (archevêque de Rouen), Charles III: 1589–1594 *Louis de Lorraine (1575–1621), Louis IV de Lorraine: 1594–1622 *Henri II de Guise, Henri III de Lorraine: 1622–1642 *Armand de Bourbon-Conti: 1642–1654 *Jules Mazarin, Jules Cardinal Mazarin: 1654-1661 *Jean-François Paul de Gondi: 1662-1679

Grand priors

In 1691, Louis XIV suppressed the title of abbot and subsequent superiors bear the title of grand prior. Its revenues were given to the Maison royale de Saint-Louis. *Charles le Bouyer: 1691 *Julien Raguideau: 1693 *Pierre Arnould de Loo: 1696 *Mathieu Gilbert: 1702 *Charles Petey de l'Hostellerie: 1705 *Pierre Arnould de Loo: 1708 *Denys de Sainte Marthe: 1711 *Robert Marchand: 1714 *Denys de Sainte Marthe: 1717 *François Anseaume: 1720 *Pierre Richer: 1723 *Pierre du Biez: 1729 *Joseph Castel: 1736 *Pierre du Biez: 1741 (par commission) *Joseph Avril: 1741 *Pierre Boucher: 1748 *Jacques Nicolas Chrestien: 1751 *Pierre Boucher: 1760 *Jacques Nicolas Chrestien: 1763 (elected at Marmoutiers) *Joseph Delrue: 1766 *René Gillot: 1767 *Jacques Nicolas Chrestien: 1770 *Pierre Français Boudier: 1773 *André de Malaret: 1775 *Pierre Bourdin: 1778 *Pierre François Boudier: 1781 *Pierre Bourdin: 1784 *André de Malaret: 1788 *François Verneuil: 1791 In 1792, the abbey was secularized amidst the French Revolution. In October 1793, the tombs of the abbey were desecrated. On 25 March 1809, the buildings were given to the Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur.

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