'''Flavius Sigisvultus''' (fl. 427–448) was a general of the late Western Roman Empire.

{{Main|Roman civil war of 427-429}} He was sent in 427 to command the war in Africa against a rebellious general, Bonifacius. Previous generals had been defeated by the latter. Sigisvultus may have been appointed ''comes Africae'', succeeding Bonifacius.<ref name="PLRE">{{cite encyclopedia | title = Fl. Sigisvultus | encyclopedia = Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire | volume = 2 | year = 1980 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | page = 1010 | isbn = 0-521-20159-4}}</ref> He seized Hippo and Carthage,<ref name="Bury">{{cite book | author = J. B. Bury | author-link = J. B. Bury | title = History of the Later Roman Empire from the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian | year = 1923 | page = 245 | url = https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/BURLAT/8*.html#2}}</ref> and as an Arian himself, sent an Arian bishop, Maximinus, to dispute with Augustine of Hippo in 427 or 428.<ref name="PLRE" /> He presumably returned to Italy after relations between the Emperor and Bonifacius were restored in 429 or 430.<ref name="PLRE" />

He served as consul in 437 with Flavius Aetius. From either the same year or from 440 until 448, he was ''magister utriusque militiae'' (though despite the title he remained under the command of Aetius), and organized defences against the Vandals. By 448 he had become a patrician.<ref name="PLRE" />

The name ''Sigisvultus'' is of German origin, and is also written ''Sigisvult'', ''Segisvultus'', or ''Sigisvuldus''.<ref name="PLRE" /> He is also sometimes called ''Sigisvult the Goth''.<ref name="Bury" />

{{S-start}} {{S-bef | before=Anthemius Isidorus,<br /> Fl. Senator }} {{S-ttl | title=Consul of the Roman Empire | regent1=Fl. Aetius | years=437}} {{S-aft | after=Fl. Theodosius Augustus,<br />Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus}} {{s-end}}

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