Column Statue of a King; ca. 1150-60; Made in Saint-Denis; French; Limestone; Overall: 45 1/2 x 9 x 9 1/2 in. (115.6 x 22.9 x 24.1 cm); Sculpture-Stone; The royal abbey at Saint-Denis housed the shrine of this national saint. It possessed many of the regalia of the kings of France; and the abbey served as their burial site. Under the energetic Abbot Suger (1122-51) the abbey was rebuilt in a new style that was hailed in the Middle Ages as "the French style" and subsequently called Gothic