Ferrandus of Carthage

Fulgentius Ferrandus (died c. 547) was a deacon of the church of Carthage and one of the most learned Latin churchmen of Vandal- and early post-Vandal-era North Africa. A disciple and biographer of Fulgentius of Ruspe, he was a respected canonist who compiled the Breviatio canonum, an influential systematic abridgement of conciliar canons that became a foundational text for later Latin canon law. His surviving letters, addressed to figures such as the Roman deacons and to the general Reginus, engage major doctrinal controversies of his day, including the Theopaschite question and the opening phase of the Three Chapters controversy, on which his counsel was sought from across the Mediterranean.