Carpophorus
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Carpophorus is a name of Greek origin that means "fruit-bearer." It can refer to:

People

  • A Patriarchate of Carthage
    Patriarchate of Carthage
    This is a list of bishops and archbishops of Carthage, often referred to as Primate proconsular Africa, Numidia, Mauritania and Tripolitania. Until the seventh century, the bishops are recognized by the Orthodox Church and The Roman Church as their own....

     who presided from 258-?
  • The man said to have been the master of Pope Callixtus I
    Pope Callixtus I
    Pope Saint Callixtus I or Callistus I was pope from about 217 to about 222, during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus...

     before the latter became pope
  • The priest who converted Saint Chrysanthus
    Saints Chrysanthus and Daria
    Saints Chrysanthus and Daria are saints of the Early Christian period. According to legend, Chrysanthus was the only son of an Egyptian patrician, named Polemius or Poleon, who lived during the reign of Numerian. His father moved from Alexandria to Rome. Chrysanthus was educated in the finest...

  • Carpoforo Tencalla
    Carpoforo Tencalla
    Carpoforo Tencalla Carpoforo Tencalla Carpoforo Tencalla (or Tencala (10 September 1623 - 9 March 1685) was an influential Swiss-Italian Baroque painter of canvases and frescoes. He is little studied and has come only recently to the attention of art critics...

     (1623–1685), Swiss-Italian Baroque painter

Places

  • San Carpofóro Canyon
    San Carpofóro Canyon
    San Carpóforo Creek flows through San Carpóforo Canyon. They are located in the Big Sur region of California. They are both named after Saint Carpophorus, an early Roman martyr....

    , California
  • San Carpoforo, church in Gabiano
    Gabiano
    Gabiano is a rural comune in the north-west of the province of Alessandria, some 25 km west of Casale Monferrato. This area straddles the lowland immediately south of the Po and the furthest extension of the Monferrato hills...

    , Italy
  • San Carpoforo, church in Como
    Como
    Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....

    , Italy

Saints

  • Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus, and Licinius
    Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus, and Licinius
    Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus and Licinius were Christian soldiers who, according to local tradition, were martyred at Como during the reign of Maximian.-Legends:...

     (died ca. 295), Christian soldiers martyred at Como
  • Rufus and Carpophorus
    Rufus and Carpophorus
    Saints Rufus and Carpophorus were Christians who were martyred at Capua during the reign of Diocletian. Their Acta state that Rufus was a deacon....

     (Carpone), martyrs of Capua
  • Carpophorus is one of the Four Crowned Martyrs
    Four Crowned Martyrs
    The designation Four Crowned Martyrs or Four Holy Crowned Ones actually refers to 9 separate martyrs, divided into two groups:...

  • Carpophorus, priest martyr
    Martyr
    A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

    ed around 300 either at Spoleto or at Seville
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