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Fulgentius of Ruspe

c. 467 – c. 533 · b. Telepte · Bishop of Ruspe
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African bishop and major defender of Augustinian theology against Arianism and semi-Pelagianism. Exiled to Sardinia by the Vandal king Thrasamund. Wrote De Fide ad Petrum and works against Arians.

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Sources for biography

  • Fulgentius, De Fide ad Petrum primary
  • Ferrandus, Vita Fulgentii primary

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  • cited Augustine of Hippo
    Fulgentius is the most thorough sixth-century Augustinian, citing him constantly in De Fide and the anti-Arian/anti-Pelagian works.
    Fulgentius, De Fide ad Petrum · Fulgentius, Contra Fabianum

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