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 ...

* Antiochus XII Dionysus * Antiochus XIII Asiaticus

Kingdom of Commagene

*King Mithridates I Callinicus, 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 scholar Onkelos * Callinicus of Pelusium, 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 Meletius or Meletios may refer to: Patriarchs of Alexandria *Meletius I of Alexandria, Saint and Patriarch from 1590 to 1601 (same as Meletius I of Constantinople) *Meletius II of Alexandria, Patriarch from 1926 to 1935 (same as Meletius IV of Cons ...

and many others ** (d. 251), martyred together with Leukios and Saint Thyrsus **

Saint Callinica Saints Callinica and Basilissa (died 252) were two Christian martyrs. They were "wealthy matrons" who helped imprisoned Christians by providing them with food, money, and other necessities. They were "arrested for their generosity" and beheaded b ...

(or Callinicus), beheaded in Rome in 252 ** (c. 4th century), martyred in Gangra (modern Çankırı) * Patriarch

Callinicus I of Constantinople Kallinikos I (? – 23 August 705) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 693 to 705. Callinicus helped to depose Emperor Justinian II and place Leontios on the Byzantine throne. Upon Justinian's triumphant return to Constantinople ...

(r. 693–705), a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church * Patriarch Callinicus II of Constantinople (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 (or III) (r. 1757), numbered III when the previous patriarch is not counted * Patriarch Callinicus V of Constantinople (or IV) (r. 1801–1806, 1808–1809) * Serbian Patriarch Kalinik I (r. 1691–1710) * Serbian Patriarch

Kalinik II Kalinik II ( sr, Калиник II, el, Καλλίνικος Β΄, la, Callinicus II) was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1765 to 1766. He was the last holder of that office before the Ottoman Empire abolished the Serbian Patri ...

(r. 1765–1766) * Patriarch Callinicus of Alexandria (r. 1858–1861)

Other historical figures

* Callinicus (Sophist) (c. 3rd century), Greek historian * , '' praepositus sacri cubiculi'' (chamberlain) and sole witness of the death of Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 565, who designated Justin II as successor * Callinicus (exarch), 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 (b. 1950), political theorist at King's College London and Trotskyite leader

Places

* Callinicum, a city founded by Seleucus II Callinicus, now modern Raqqa, Syria ** Battle of Callinicum (531), victory of the Sassanid Persians over the Byzantines {{surname