● Home ● Random ● Nearby ● Log in ● Settings ● Donate ● About Wikipedia ● Disclaimers

Callinicus

● Article ● Talk ● Language ● Watch ● Edit (Redirected from Kallinikos)

CallinicusorKallinikos (Greek: Καλλίνικος) is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Kalliniki, CalliniceorCallinica (Greek: Καλλινίκη). It is of Greek origin, meaning "beautiful victor".

People named Callinicus

edit

Seleucid rulers

edit

Kingdom of Commagene

edit

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

edit

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

edit

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

edit

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

edit

Callinicum, a city founded by Seleucus II Callinicus, now modern Raqqa, Syria
- Battle of Callinicum (531), victory of the Sassanid Persians over the Byzantines

This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.

This page lists people with the surname Callinicus.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Callinicus&oldid=1212048564" Last edited on 5 March 2024, at 22:36

Languages

●Español

●This page was last edited on 5 March 2024, at 22:36 (UTC). ●Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. ●Privacy policy ●About Wikipedia ●Disclaimers ●Contact Wikipedia ●Code of Conduct ●Developers ●Statistics ●Cookie statement ●Terms of Use ●Desktop