person
Cassiodorus
Also known as Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
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- born. c. 487medium · Wikidata P569
- died. 583high · Wikidata P570
Official of Ostrogothic Italy who founded the Vivarium monastery (c. 554) and its library; his Institutions set a reading program for monks.
Wikipedia extract
Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator, commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman statesman, scholar, and writer who served in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. Senator was part of his surname, not his rank. In his later years, he devoted himself to Christian learning and founded the Vivarium monastery, where he worked extensively during the final decades of his life.
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- Catholic Encyclopedia 03405c
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