Cassiodorus

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Cassiodorus was a 6th-century Roman statesman, scholar, and Christian writer who helped preserve classical and Christian texts by founding the monastic school and scriptorium at Vivarium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian writer
Roman statesman
human
late antique author
monk
scholar
activeInPeriod 6th century
birthDate c. 485
birthName Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
linked to: Cassiodorus
birthPlace Bruttium
Italy
Scylletium
citizenship Ostrogothic Kingdom
Roman Empire
deathDate c. 580
educatedAt Roman rhetorical schools
employer Ostrogothic royal court
linked to: Ostrogothic Kingdom

Theoderic the Great
era Late Antiquity
familyName Senator
founded Vivarium
monastic school at Vivarium
scriptorium at Vivarium
givenName Cassiodorus
influenced Benedictine monastic tradition
medieval monastic scholarship
knownFor integration of classical learning with Christian studies
preservation of Christian texts
preservation of classical texts
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
movement Christian monasticism
notableWork De anima
Expositio Psalmorum
Institutiones divinarum et saecularium litterarum
Variae
occupation monk
scholar
statesman
theologian
writer
placeOfBurial Vivarium (probable)
linked to: Vivarium
positionHeld consul of the Roman Empire
magister officiorum
praetorian prefect of Italy
quaestor sacri palatii
religion Christianity
Nicene Christianity
residence Bruttium
Vivarium

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Theoderic the Great employed Cassiodorus as high official
linked to: Cassiodorus
Theoderic the Great contemporaryOf Cassiodorus
Jordanes influencedBy Cassiodorus
Gepids mentionedBy Cassiodorus
Latin Church Fathers notableMember Cassiodorus
Rugii mentionedBy Cassiodorus
Cassiodorus birthName Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
linked to: Cassiodorus
Cassiodorus givenName Cassiodorus
Jordanis influencedBy Cassiodorus
Gesalec describedBySource Cassiodorus