Callinicus or Kallinikos () is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Callinice or Callinica (). It is of Greek origin, meaning "beautiful victor", "the one that achieves a beautiful victory" or "beautifully triumphant".

People named Callinicus

Seleucid rulers

Seleucus II Callinicus Seleucus II Callinicus Pogon (; ''Callinicus'' meaning "beautifully triumphant", ''Pogon'' meaning "the Beard"; July/August 265 BC – December 225 BC), was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 BC to 225 BC. Faced with ...

(r. 246–225 BC) *

Antiochus VIII Grypus Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus (, "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 his early life i ...

Antiochus XII Dionysus Antiochus XII Dionysus Epiphanes Philopator Callinicus (; between 124 and 109 BC – 82 BC) was a Hellenistic period, Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, Seleucid monarch who reigned as List of Syrian monarchs, King of Syria between 87 and 82 BC. The ...

Antiochus XIII Asiaticus Antiochus XIII Philadelphus, ( Greek: Ἀντίοχος ΙΓ' Φιλάδελφος) known as Asiaticus, (Ἀσιατικός) was the penultimate ruler of the Seleucid kingdom. Biography Antiochus took the throne after the death of his father ...

Kingdom of Commagene

*King

Mithridates I Callinicus Mithridates I Callinicus () 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 of Commagene, Sames II Theosebes Dikaios. Befor ...

, 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 "repeaters", "teachers", singular ''tanna'' , borrowed from Aramaic) were the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 10–220 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also refe ...

scholar

Onkelos Onkelos ( ''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 CE). In the Talmud Onkel ...

* Callinicus, the author of the ''Vita Sancti Hypatii'' *

Callinicus of Pelusium Callinicus or Kallinikos () is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Callinice or Callinica (). It is of Greek origin, meaning "beautiful victor", "the one that achieves a beautiful victory" or "beautifully triumphant". People named Ca ...

, a 4th-century bishop, imprisoned by Saint

Athanasius of Alexandria Athanasius I of Alexandria ( – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria (as Athanasius ...

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

Saint Thyrsus Saint Thyrsus or Thyrse (, literally "thyrsus"; Spanish and ; ; died 251) is venerated as a Christian martyr. He was killed for his faith in Apollonia, Phrygia, during the persecution of Decius, along with Leucius (Λεύκιος ''Leúkios'') ...

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

Callinicus I of Constantinople Callinicus I of Constantinople (Greek: Καλλινίκος; died November 711) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 693 to 705. Callinicus I helped to depose Emperor Justinian II and place Leontius on the Byzantine throne. Upon ...

(r. 693–705), a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church * Patriarch

Callinicus II of Constantinople Callinicus II of Constantinople (; 1630 – 8 August 1702) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople () is the List of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople, archbishop of Constantinople and (f ...

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

Callinicus III of Constantinople Callinicus III of Constantinople (; died 20 November 1726) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for one day in 1726. He is sometimes not counted amongst the patriarchs, and Callinicus IV of Constantinople, who was Patriarch for a short tim ...

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

Callinicus IV of Constantinople Callinicus or Kallinikos () is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Callinice or Callinica (). It is of Greek origin, meaning "beautiful victor", "the one that achieves a beautiful victory" or "beautifully triumphant". People named Ca ...

(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 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 (; born Konstantinos Kyparissis; 180012 July 1889) served as the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria from 14 March 1858 until his resignation on 24 May 1861. He was born in Skotina, Pieria (regional unit), Pieria in 1800. Callinicus ...

(r. 1858–1861)

Other historical figures

Callinicus (Sophist) Callinicus (), surnamed or nicknamed Sutorius or Suetorius (), sometimes known as Kallinikos of Petra or Callinicus of Petra was an ancient Greek historian of Arab descent,Rome and the Arabs: A Prolegomenon to the Study of Byzantium - p. 22. orator ...

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

praepositus sacri cubiculi The ''praepositus sacri cubiculi'' (Latin: "provost of the sacred bedchamber", in ) was one of the senior palace offices in the Late Roman Empire. Its holder was usually a eunuch, and acted as the grand chamberlain of the palace, wielding considera ...

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

Justinian I Justinian I (, ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovatio imperii'', or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was ...

in 565, who designated

Justin II Justin II (; ; died 5 October 578) was Eastern Roman emperor from 565 until 578. He was the nephew of Justinian I and the husband of Sophia, the niece of Justinian's wife Theodora. Justin II inherited a greatly enlarged but overextended empir ...

as successor *

Callinicus (exarch) Callinicus () 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''). The first few years of his administratio ...

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

Callinicus of Heliopolis Callinicus of Heliopolis ( fl. 620 AD) was a Byzantine architect and alchemist of Jewish or Egyptian origin. He is credited with the invention of Greek fire, the premodern precedent of the flamethrower. According to Constantine Porphyrog ...

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

Modern individuals

Jannis Kallinikos Jannis Kallinikos (; b. 1954) 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 professor in the Information Systems and In ...

(born 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 ...

(born 1950), political theorist at King's College London and Trotskyist leader

Places

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

Raqqa Raqqa (, also , Kurdish language, Kurdish: ''Reqa'') is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine city and b ...

, 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 Empire, Sasanian cavalry force commanded by Azarethes. After being defeated at the Battle of Dara, t ...

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