Callistus, Calistus, Callixtus, and Calixtus (all four in Latin) and Kallistos (in Greek; meaning ''the most beautiful one'') may refer to:

Popes and antipopes

* Saint Callixtus I, pope from c. 217 to 222 *

Pope Callixtus II Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II ( – 13 December 1124), born Guy of Burgundy, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 1119 to his death in 1124. His pontificate was shaped by the Investiture Controversy, ...

, pope from 1119 to 1124 *

Antipope Callixtus III Callixtus III (also Calixtus III or Callistus III; died between 1180 and 1184) was an antipope from September 1168 until his resignation in August 1178. He was the third antipope elected in opposition to Pope Alexander III during the latter's stru ...

, antipope from 1168 to 1178 *

Pope Callixtus III Pope Callixtus III ( it, Callisto III, va, Calixt III, es, Calixto III; 31 December 1378 – 6 August 1458), born Alfonso de Borgia ( va, Alfons de Borja), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 April 1455 to his ...

, pope from 1455 to 1458

Other persons

* Callistus, a Roman general of the 3rd century more commonly known as

Balista Balista or Ballista (died ''c.'' 261), also known in the sources with the name of "Callistus", was one of the Thirty Tyrants of the controversial ''Historia Augusta'', and supported the rebellion of the Macriani against Emperor Gallienus. His ...

* Patriarch

Callistus I of Constantinople Kallistos I ( grc-x-medieval, Κάλλιστος Α'; ? – August 1363) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods from June 1350 to 1353 and from 1354 to 1363. Kallistos I was an Athonite monk and supporter of Gregory Pala ...

* Patriarch Callistus II of Constantinople * Callistus Caravario (1903–1930), Italian Roman Catholic priest and missionary * Callistus Chukwu (born 1990), Nigerian footballer *

Callistus Ndlovu Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu (9 February 1936 – 13 February 2019) was a Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean academic, diplomat, and politician. He joined the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) in 1963 as a teacher in Matabeleland, and went on to serve as it ...

(1936–2019), Zimbabwean politician *

Callistus Valentine Onaga Callistus Valentine Onaga, D.D., (b. September 29, 1958) is the fifth Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Enugu. Early life and pastoral appointments Callistus Valentine Onaga is the fifth child of Vincent and Victoria Onaga. His mother w ...

(born 1958), Nigerian Roman Catholic bishop *

Callistus Rubaramira Callistus Rubaramira (born 8 February 1950), is a Roman Catholic priest, who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale, in Uganda. He was appointed bishop on 15 March 2003. Early life and priesthood Rubaramira was born on 8 February ...

(born 1950), Ugandan Roman Catholic bishop *

Gaius Julius Callistus Gaius Julius Callistus (flourished 1st century) was a Greek imperial freedman during the reigns of Roman Emperors Caligula and Claudius. Callistus was originally a freedman of Caligula, and was given great authority during his reign, which he u ...

, a Greek freedman of the Roman emperor Caligula *

Georg Calixtus Georg Calixtus, Kallisøn/Kallisön, or Callisen (14 December 1586 – 19 March 1656) was a German Lutheran theologian who looked to reconcile all Christendom by removing all differences that he deemed "unimportant". Biography Calixtus was born i ...

(1586–1656), German Lutheran theologian *

Kallistos Ware Kallistos Ware (born Timothy Richard Ware, 11 September 1934 – 24 August 2022) was an English bishop and theologian of the Eastern Orthodox Church. From 1982, he held the titular bishopric of Diokleia in Phrygia ( gr, Διόκλεια Φρυ ...

(1934–2022), Metropolitan of Diokleia in Phrygia, an Orthodox assistant bishop in the UK *

Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Latinized as Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulus ( el, Νικηφόρος Κάλλιστος Ξανθόπουλος), of Constantinople (c. 1256 – c. 1335), was the last of the Greek ecclesiastical historians. H ...

, last of the Greek ecclesiastical historians, flourished c. 1320

Other

* ''Callistus'' (beetle), a ground beetle genus *

Catacomb of Callixtus The Catacomb(s) of Callixtus (also known as the Cemetery of Callixtus) is one of the Catacombs of Rome on the Appian Way, most notable for containing the Crypt of the Popes (Italian: ''Cappella dei Papi''), which once contained the tombs of seve ...

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