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Carpophorus

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[kahr-pof-er-uhs] / kɑrˈpɒf ər əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”


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Victorius, Carpophorus, Severus, and Severianus, were brothers, and all four employed in places of great trust and honour in the city of Rome.

From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Is the God whose name is known To Daria, the same God Whom Carpophorus adored?

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by Denis Florence MacCarthy

Art sure thou knowest In this mountain the well-hidden Cave wherein Carpophorus dwelleth?

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by Denis Florence MacCarthy

No, my eyes do not deceive, 'T is Carpophorus that I see!

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by Denis Florence MacCarthy

Yonder is the secret cavern Of Carpophorus, at its entrance See him seated with another Reading.

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by Denis Florence MacCarthy

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