"The Societas internationalis pro Vivario fosters, in an international and interdisciplinary context, the study of Cassiodorus and his times. The work of the Societas entails research on the geographical environment of the monastic foundations of Cassiodorus, conventionally called "Vivarium." The Societas also studies Cassiodorus' Nachleben, the transmission of his works, and the evidence for the cult of beatus Cassiodorus throughout the centuries."