Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire (, literally Saint-Benoît on Loire) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
This town grew up around Fleury Abbey, also known as the Abbaye de Saint-Benoît (St. Benedict Abbey). Founded around 630, it is one of the oldest abbeys of the Benedictine Order. In either 660 or 703, the remains of Saint Benedict of Nursia were transferred to Fleury from the Abbey of Monte Cassino in Italy by Abbot Mummolus of Fleury.
The monastery, known for the Fleury Playbook, was pillaged and damaged multiple times over the course of history, including during the Norman invasions and the French Revolution. The current abbey church is in the Romanesque style and dates from the eleventh century. A community of approximately 40 monks currently resides in the monastery, rebuilt after the Second World War.