ok, the monstary where attributed to being the home of the gothic is now largely destroyed, it was the burial place of the capetian kings. it shares its name with the new french national football stadium on the outskirts of paris.
as for the monk he wrote this as he rebuilt the great carolingan church:
'once the new rear part is joined to the part in front
the church shines with its middle part brightened
for bright is theat which is brightly coupled with the bright
and bright is the noble edifice which is pervaded by the new light'
his name is the sweetest thing