Cassiodorus

American  

[kas-ee-uh-dawr-uhs, -dohr-] / ˌkæs i əˈdɔr əs, -ˈdoʊr- /

noun

1. Flavius Magnus Aurelius, died a.d. 575, Roman statesman and writer.

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Cassiodorus British  

/ ˌkæsɪəʊˈdɔːrəs /

noun

1. Flavius Magnus Aurelius (ˈfleɪvɪəs ˈmæɡnəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs). ?490–?585 _ad , Roman statesman, writer, and monk; author of Variae, a collection of official documents written for the Ostrogoths

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Example Sentences

When he became King of Italy in 493, he relied on Roman aristocrats to administer his kingdom, such as the scholar and writer Cassiodorus and the historian and philosopher Boethius.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Cassiodorus, writing in the 6th century in southern Italy for the guidance of trainee scribes, included punctuation in his Institutions Divinarum et Saecularium Litterarum, recommending “clear pausing in well-regulated delivery”.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

Cassiodorus was a Roman, of course, but we have ample evidence that even among the Goths the Bible was read and studied.

From The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation by Dobschutz, Ernst Von

The period ends in the West with two great Italian names, Cassiodorus and Pope Gregory I., after Leo the greatest of papal theologians.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

Hence to Cassiodorus must be assigned the honour of realising that the multiplication of manuscripts was a recognised employment of monastic life.

From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William