Callinicus or Kallinikos ( el, Καλλίνικος) is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Kalliniki, Callinice or Callinica ( el, Καλλινίκη). It is of Greek origin, meaning "beautiful victor".

People named Callinicus

Seleucid rulers

* Seleucus II Callinicus (r. 246–225 BC) *

Antiochus VIII Grypus Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus ( gr, Γρυπός, "hook-nose"), was the ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from 125 to 96 BC. He was the younger son of Demetrius II and Cleopatra Thea. He may have spent h ...

Antiochus XII Dionysus Antiochus XII Dionysus Epiphanes Philopator Callinicus ( grc, Ἀντίοχος Διόνυσος Ἐπιφανής Φιλοπάτωρ Καλλίνικος; between 124 and 109 BC – 82 BC) was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who reigned as King ...

Antiochus XIII Asiaticus Antiochus XIII Philadelphus, (Greek: Ἀντίοχος ΙΓ' Φιλάδελφος) known as Asiaticus, (Ἀσιατικός) was the penultimate ruler of the Seleucid kingdom. Biography He was son of king Antiochus X Eusebes and the Ptolemaic ...

Kingdom of Commagene

*King

Mithridates I Callinicus Mithridates I Callinicus ( el, Μιθριδάτης ὀ Кαλλίνικος) was a king of Orontid Iranian; ; ; ; descent who lived during the late 2nd century BC and early 1st century BC. Mithridates was a prince, the son, and successor of King ...

, who married the daughter of Antiochus VIII Grypus * Callinicus (Prince of Commagene), a prince of Commagene who lived in the 1st century

Religious figures

* Callinicus, the supposed father of the

tannaic ''Tannaim'' ( Amoraic Hebrew: תנאים , singular , ''Tanna'' "repeaters", "teachers") were the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 10–220 CE. The period of the ''Tannaim'', also referred to as the Mis ...

scholar

Onkelos Onkelos ( he, אֻנְקְלוֹס ''ʾunqəlōs''), possibly identical to Aquila of Sinope, was a Roman national who converted to Judaism in Tannaic times ( 35–120 CE). He is considered to be the author of the Targum Onkelos ( 110 C ...

Callinicus of Pelusium Callinicus or Kallinikos ( el, Καλλίνικος) is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Kalliniki, Callinice or Callinica ( el, Καλλινίκη). It is of Greek origin, meaning "beautiful victor". People named Callinicus Seleu ...

, a 4th-century bishop, imprisoned by Saint

Athanasius of Alexandria Athanasius I of Alexandria, ; cop, ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲡⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ or Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲁ̅; (c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, ...

* Martyrs of the Eastern Church: ** (c. 2nd century), martyred together with Meletius Stratelates and many others ** (d. 251), martyred together with Leukios and

Saint Thyrsus Saint Thyrsus or Thyrse ( grc-gre, Θύρσος, Thúrsos, literally " thyrsus"; Spanish and pt, Tirso; french: link=no, Thyrse; died 251) is venerated as a Christian martyr. He was killed for his faith in Sozopolis (Apollonia), Phrygia, duri ...

** Saint Callinica (or Callinicus), beheaded in Rome in 252 ** (c. 4th century), martyred in Gangra (modern Çankırı) * Patriarch Callinicus I of Constantinople (r. 693–705), a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church * Patriarch

Callinicus II of Constantinople Callinicus II ( el, Καλλίνικος Β΄; 1630 – 8 August 1702) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for three terms (1688, 1689–93, 1694–1702).Konstantinos Sathas, Βιογραφίαι των εν τοις γράμμασι δι ...

(r. 1688, 1689–1693, 1694–1702) * Patriarch

Callinicus III of Constantinople Callinicus III ( el, ), (? – 20 November 1726) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for one day in 1726. He is sometimes not counted amongst the patriarchs, and Callinicus IV, who was Patriarch for a short time in 1757, is then numbere ...

(r. 1726), died before being enthroned and sometimes not counted among the patriarchs * Patriarch

Callinicus IV of Constantinople Callinicus IV ( el, ), born Constantine Mavrikios ( el, ), (1713 – 1791) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for a few months in 1757 and a writer and scholar. Callinicus IV is sometime numbered as Callinicus III because his predecess ...

(or III) (r. 1757), numbered III when the previous patriarch is not counted * Patriarch

Callinicus V of Constantinople Callinicus V ( el, Καλλίνικος Ε΄) (dates of birth and death unknown) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1801 to 1806 and 1808 to 1809.''Αναφέρεται και ως Καλλίνικος Δ΄ από αυτούς πο� ...

(or IV) (r. 1801–1806, 1808–1809) * Serbian Patriarch

Kalinik I Kalinik I ( sr-cyr, Калиник I) (d. 1710, Temišvar) was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1691 until 1710. He was a relative of Alexander Mavrocordatos, a very influential man and trans ...

(r. 1691–1710) * Serbian Patriarch Kalinik II (r. 1765–1766) *

Patriarch Callinicus of Alexandria Callinicus served as Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1858 and 1861. He was a Greek cleric, born as Konstantinos Kyparissis in Skotina Skotina () is a rural settlement of the former municipality of East Olympos, itself part of the ...

(r. 1858–1861)

Other historical figures

* Callinicus (Sophist) (c. 3rd century), Greek historian * , ''

praepositus sacri cubiculi The ''praepositus sacri cubiculi'' (Latin: "provost of the sacred bedchamber", in gr, πραιπόσιτος τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου κοιτῶνος, praipositos tou eusebestatou koitōnos) was one of the senior palace offices in the La ...

'' (chamberlain) and sole witness of the death of Byzantine emperor

Justinian I Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovat ...

in 565, who designated

Justin II Justin II ( la, Iustinus; grc-gre, Ἰουστῖνος, Ioustînos; died 5 October 578) or Justin the Younger ( la, Iustinus minor) was Eastern Roman Emperor from 565 until 578. He was the nephew of Justinian I and the husband of Sophia, the ...

as successor *

Callinicus (exarch) Callinicus ( grc-gre, Καλλίνικος, Kallínikos) was the exarch of Ravenna from 597 until 602 or 603. He is called Gallicinus, or ''Gallicini patricii'', by the Lombard historian Paul the DeaconLatin text English ''patrician Gallicinus''). ...

, Exarch of Ravenna (r. 597–602 or 603) *

Callinicus of Heliopolis Kallinikos or Latinized Callinicus ( grc-x-medieval, Καλλίνικος fl. 650 AD) was a Jewish-Byzantine architect and chemist from Heliopolis of Syria in Baalbek. He is credited with the invention of Greek fire, a naval weapon somewhat rese ...

(c. 7th century), Byzantine Lebanese chemist credited with inventing Greek fire

Modern individuals

Jannis Kallinikos Jannis Kallinikos (born 1954, el, Ιωάννης Καλλίνικος) is an organization and communication scholar and intellectual. He was born in the town of Preveza, western Greece. He is also a citizen of Sweden. Kallinikos is currently a p ...

(b. 1954), organization theorist at the London School of Economics *

Alex Callinicos Alexander Theodore Callinicos (born 24 July 1950) is a Rhodesian-born British political theorist and activist. An adherent of Trotskyism, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and serves as its Internatio ...

(b. 1950), political theorist at King's College London and Trotskyite leader

Places

* Callinicum, a city founded by Seleucus II Callinicus, now modern

Raqqa Raqqa ( ar, ٱلرَّقَّة, ar-Raqqah, also and ) (Kurdish languages, Kurdish: Reqa/ ڕەقە) is a city in Syria on the northeast bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. T ...

, Syria **

Battle of Callinicum The Battle of Callinicum took place on Easter Saturday, 19 April 531 AD, between an army of the Byzantine Empire under Belisarius and a Sasanian cavalry force commanded by Azarethes. After being defeated at the Battle of Dara, the Sasanians move ...

(531), victory of the Sassanid Persians over the Byzantines {{surname