Carpophorus

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Carpophorus (Karpophoros, Carpoforus, Carpoforo) is a name of Greek origin that means "fruit-bearer." It can refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Saints 4 Other

[edit] People

• A patriarch of Carthage who presided from 258-?.
• The man said to have been the master of Pope Callixtus I before the latter became pope.
• The priest who converted Saint Chrysanthus.
• Carpoforo Tencalla (1623-1685), Swiss-Italian Baroque painter.

[edit] Places

• San Carpofóro Canyon, California.
• San Carpoforo, church in Gabiano, Italy.
• San Carpoforo, church in Como, Italy.

[edit] Saints

• Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus, and Licinius (d. ca. 295), Christian soldiers martyred at Como.
• Rufus and Carpophorus (Carpone), martyrs of Capua.
• Carpophorus is sometimes given as a name of a member of the group known as the Four Crowned Martyrs.
• Carpophorus, priest martyred around 300 either at Spoleto or at Seville.

[edit] Other

• Carpophorus was an epithet of Demeter and her daughter Persephone.