Abbot Suger ( c. 1081 â `` January 13 , 1151 ) was one of the last French abbot-statesmen . He was also a historian and the first patron of Gothic architecture . Suger ( c. 1081 â `` 13 January 1151 ) was one of the last Frankish abbot-statesmen , a historian , and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture .