Callinicus

Callinicus or Kallinikos (Καλλίνικος) is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Kalliniki, Callinice or Callinica (Καλλινίκη). It is of Greek origin, meaning "beautiful victor".

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

Religious figures

 * 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:
 * (c. 2nd century), martyred together with Meletius Stratelates and many others
 * (died 251), martyred together with Leukios and Saint Thyrsus
 * Saint Callinica (or Callinicus), beheaded in Rome in 252
 * (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
 * , 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

 * 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

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