Stephen de Fougères (died 23 December 1178) household clerk to Henry II, king of England, author and bishop of Rennes.

[1] There is little other evidence of his time at the Angevin court or his background, though it is assumed that his surname alludes to his place of origin in eastern Brittany, and not his membership of the noble family of that name.

Robert de Torigny, abbot of Mont St Michel and historian, preserved a very favourable notice of him, commemorating him as a cleric who 'had written to public acclaim many a song in verse and agreeable works in prose',[3] which indicates he owed much of his rise and fame to his pen.

It is a series of moralistic sketches addressed to generic figures: from popes, archbishops and kings to merchants, peasants and women, detailing what was unacceptable conduct in each and what each should ideally aspire to.

However it has been noted that in the colophon to the poem in which the author identifies himself and asks for readers' prayers, it is as 'Master Stephen de Fougères', which is not a title he would have used as a bishop.