Callinicus or Kallinikos ( Greek: Καλλίνικος) is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Kalliniki, Callinice or Callinica ( Greek: 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 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
• Martyrs of the Eastern Church:
  • Saint Callinicus [ el] (c. 2nd century), martyred together with Meletius Stratelates and many others
  • Callinicus of Phrygia [ el] (died 251), martyred together with Leukios and Saint Thyrsus
  • Saint Callinica (or Callinicus), beheaded in Rome in 252
  • Callinicus of Gangra [ el] (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 (r. 1688, 1689–1693, 1694–1702)
• Patriarch Callinicus III of Constantinople (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 (r. 1765–1766)
• Patriarch Callinicus of Alexandria (r. 1858–1861)

Other historical figures

• Callinicus (Sophist) (c. 3rd century), Greek historian
• Callinicus (eunuch) [ pl], 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 (c. 7th century), Byzantine chemist credited with inventing Greek fire

Modern individuals

• Jannis Kallinikos (born 1954), organization theorist at the London School of Economics
• Alex Callinicos (born 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

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