Benoît de Sainte-Maure

Benoît de Sainte-Maure was a male poet and writer from the Kingdom of France. Born in Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine during the 12th century, he worked in the fields of medieval literature and medieval Latin literature. He wrote in Old French, medieval Latin, and Latin. His notable work includes the *Roman de Troie*.

He is also associated with other titles such as *Nouvelle histoire de Normandie*, *Chronique des ducs de Normandie*, *Three Anglo-Norman Kings*, and *Le roman de Troie*. Additional works listed include *Three more parallel texts of Chaucers̓ Troilus and Criseyde from ms. LI in St. Johns̓ College, Cambridge*. He is described in the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary* and the *Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition*.