Fontgombault Abbey, Benedictine abbey in Fontgombault, France

Fontgombault Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Fontgombault, Indre, France, built in the Romanesque style. Its church has a Latin-cross plan with a choir flanked by double aisles and five radiating apsidal chapels; the apse has three levels of arches and windows. The nave was rebuilt in the 19th century, and the original facade has a portal with four rows of archivolts but no tympanum. It was classified as a historical monument in 1862 and registered in 1934.

Pierre de l'Étoile and hermit companions founded the abbey in 1091 on the right bank of the Creuse, near the Gombaud spring. He became abbot under the Rule of Saint Benedict and began the abbey church but died of ergotism in 1114. In the 12th and 13th centuries the monks founded about twenty priories. The English took the abbey in 1369 and Du Guesclin drove them out in 1372; the fortified round tower of the guesthouse remains from that period.

The name Fontgombault comes from the spring of Gombaud beside which Pierre de l'Étoile settled in 1091. Since 1948 the monks have sung Gregorian chant and celebrated Mass in Latin according to the 1962 Roman Missal; recordings of the chant are sold to support the community. A monk also serves as chaplain to the neighbouring Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb.

The abbey stands on the right bank of the Creuse, in the commune of Fontgombault in the Indre. The church, classified as a historical monument in 1862, is the part to see; the monastic buildings are closed to visitors. The fortified round tower of the current guesthouse, a remnant of the Hundred Years War, can be spotted from outside.

In 1569 Calvinist troops sacked and burned the abbey, yet a Huguenot, Jean d'Harambure dit « le Borgne », former governor of Vendôme, still received its benefice on 6 February 1609. The round fortified tower of today's guesthouse recalls the English occupation of 1369–1372, when Du Guesclin drove them out.