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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".

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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

    • Christian figures

  • Callinicus of Pelusium, a 4th-century bishop, imprisoned by Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
  • Martyrs of the Eastern Church:
  • Saint Callinicus (c. 2nd century), martyred together with Meletius Stratelates and many others
  • Callinicus of Phrygia (d. 251), martyred together with Leukios and Saint Thyrsus
  • Saint Callinica (or Callinici), beheaded in Rome in 252
  • Callinicus of Gangra (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), 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 Lebanese chemist credited with inventing Greek fire

    • Modern individuals

  • Jannis Kallinikos (b. 1954), organization theorist at the London School of Economics
  • Alex Callinicos (b. 1950), political theorist at King's College London and trotskyist 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

    • References

    Callinicus Wikipedia
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