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Vivarium (monastery)

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The Vivarium was a monastery founded around the year 544 by the Roman statesman Cassiodorus near Squillace, in Calabria, Italy. He also established a biblical studies center as well as a library. It became a place where scholars worked on preserving Greek and Latin classical literature. Cassiodorus donated his land to the community of Squillace so that the ‘Vivarium’ could be built there. Having acquired the Roman noble title of patricius in 507, his family had become one of the most powerful in Italy.