Callistus, Calistus,calistas, Callixtus, and Calixtus (all four in Latin) and Kallistos ( "the most beautiful one") may refer to:

Patriarchs, popes and antipopes

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Callistus I of Constantinople Callistus I of Constantinople (; died August 1363) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods from June 1350 to 1353 and from 1354 to 1363. Callistus I was an Athonite monk and supporter of Gregory Palamas. He died in Consta ...

, patriarch from 1350 to 1353 and from 1354 to 1363 * Patriarch

Callistus II of Constantinople Callistus II of Constantinople (''Xanthopoulos'' or ''Xanthopulus'', ; died after 1397) was a Byzantine Hesychasm, Hesychast monk and spiritual writer who reigned as list of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Const ...

, patriarch in 1397 * 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 the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 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 (, , ; 31 December 1378 – 6 August 1458), born Alonso de Borja (), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 April 1455 to his death, in August 1458. Borgia spent his early career as a professor ...

, pope from 1455 to 1458

Other persons

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

Balista Balista or Ballista (died ), 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. History Bal ...

Callistus Caravario Callistus Caravario (18 June 1903 ― 25 February 1930) was a Salesian priest serving in China, who along with Luigi Versiglia was martyred in China on 25 February 1930. Early life Caravario was born in Cuorgnè, Italy on 18 June 1903. He join ...

(1903–1930), Italian Roman Catholic priest and missionary *

Callistus Chukwu Callistus Chukwu (born 14 November 1990) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in t ...

(born 1990), Nigerian footballer *

Callistus Ndlovu Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu (9 February 1936 – 13 February 2019) was a 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 its represen ...

(1936–2019), Zimbabwean politician *

Callistus Valentine Onaga Callistus Valentine Onaga, D.D., (born 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 ...

(born 1958), Nigerian Roman Catholic bishop *

Callistus Rubaramira Callistus Rubaramira (born 8 February 1950), is a Roman Catholic prelate, who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale, in Uganda. He was appointed bishop on 15 March 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Early life and education Rubaramira ...

(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 used ...

, a Greek freedman of the Roman emperor Caligula * Georg Calixtus (1586–1656), German Lutheran theologian *

Kallistos Ware Metropolitan Kallistos (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 (), later made a titu ...

(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; ) was a Greek ecclesiastical historian and litterateur of the late Byzantine Empire. His most popular work, the voluminous ''Ecclesiastica historia'', constitute ...

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

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