Cassiodorus

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Christian writer Roman statesman human late antique author monk scholar

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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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cassiodorus canonical 4
Cassiodorus as high official 1

Statements (49)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace Bruttium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scylletium NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Ostrogothic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate c. 580 ⓘ
educatedAt Roman rhetorical schools ⓘ
employer Ostrogothic royal court NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theoderic the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
familyName Senator ⓘ
founded Vivarium NERFINISHED ⓘ
monastic school at Vivarium ⓘ
scriptorium at Vivarium NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Cassiodorus NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Expositio Psalmorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Institutiones divinarum et saecularium litterarum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Variae NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation monk ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBurial Vivarium (probable) NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld consul of the Roman Empire ⓘ
magister officiorum ⓘ
praetorian prefect of Italy ⓘ
quaestor sacri palatii NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Nicene Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Bruttium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vivarium NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin Fathers of the West → hasMember → Cassiodorus ⓘ
Theoderic the Great → employed → Cassiodorus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassiodorus as high official
Theoderic the Great → contemporaryOf → Cassiodorus ⓘ
Jordanes → influencedBy → Cassiodorus ⓘ
Gepids → mentionedBy → Cassiodorus ⓘ