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
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Seleucus II Callinicus (r. 246–225 BC)
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Antiochus VIII Grypus
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Antiochus XII Dionysus
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Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
Kingdom of Commagene
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King Mithridates I Callinicus, who married the daughter of Antiochus VIII Grypus
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Callinicus (Prince of Commagene), a prince of Commagene who lived in the 1st century
Religious figures
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Callinicus, the supposed father of the Tannaim scholar Onkelos
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Callinicus, the author of the Vita Sancti Hypatii
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Callinicus of Pelusium, a 4th-century bishop, imprisoned by Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
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Martyrs of the Eastern Church:
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(c. 2nd century), martyred together with Meletius Stratelates and many others
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(died 251), martyred together with Leukios and Saint Thyrsus
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Saint Callinica (or Callinicus), beheaded in Rome in 252
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(c. 4th century), martyred in Gangra (modern Çankırı)
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Patriarch Callinicus I of Constantinople (r. 693–705), a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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Patriarch Callinicus II of Constantinople (r. 1688, 1689–1693, 1694–1702)
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Patriarch Callinicus III of Constantinople (r. 1726), died before being enthroned and sometimes not counted among the patriarchs
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Patriarch Callinicus IV of Constantinople (or III) (r. 1757), numbered III when the previous patriarch is not counted
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Patriarch Callinicus V of Constantinople (or IV) (r. 1801–1806, 1808–1809)
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Serbian Patriarch Kalinik I (r. 1691–1710)
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Serbian Patriarch Kalinik II (r. 1765–1766)
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Patriarch Callinicus of Alexandria (r. 1858–1861)
Other historical figures
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Callinicus (Sophist) (c. 3rd century), Greek historian
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, praepositus sacri cubiculi (chamberlain) and sole witness of the death of Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 565, who designated Justin II as successor
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Callinicus (exarch), Exarch of Ravenna (r. 597–602 or 603)
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Callinicus of Heliopolis (c. 7th century), Byzantine chemist credited with inventing Greek fire
Modern individuals
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Jannis Kallinikos (born 1954), organization theorist at the London School of Economics
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Alex Callinicos (born 1950), political theorist at King's College London and Trotskyist leader
Places
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Callinicum, a city founded by Seleucus II Callinicus, now modern Raqqa, Syria
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Battle of Callinicum (531), victory of the Sassanid Persians over the Byzantines
