Carpophorus

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

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.

Places

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

aints

*Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus, and Licinius (d. ca. 295), Christian soldiers martyred at Como. The same Carpophorus and another soldier saint, Fidelis, are venerated at Como and Arona.
*Rufus and Carpophorus (Carpone), martyrs of Capua.
*Carpophorus is one of the Four Crowned Martyrs.
*Carpophorus, priest martyred around 300 either at Spoleto or at Seville.

Other

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