Callinicus

Callinicus or Kallinikos (ο Καλλίνικος in Greek) is a first name or surname for a male. The female name is a first name which is Kalliniki, Callinici or Callinica (η Καλλινίκη [1]). It is of Greek origin and in Greek it means ‘the great victor‘.

Various persons bearing this name are:

Kings of the Syrian Greek Seleucid Empire

• Callinicus was a surname to the following:
  • Seleucus II Callinicus
  • Antiochus VIII Grypus
  • Antiochus XII Dionysus
  • Antiochus XIII Asiaticus

Kingdom of Commagene

• Callinicus was the name to the following:
  • Callinicus was a surname for King Mithridates I Callinicus, who married the daughter of Antiochus VIII Grypus
  • Callinicus, a prince from Commagene who lived in the 1st century who descended from the above

Others Bearing the Name Callinicus

• Callinicus, a Greek historian living in the 3rd century was a contemporary to Syrian Queen Zenobia
• Callinicus of Heliopolis, a Byzantine chemist from Heliopolis and the inventor of Greek fire

Associated with Christianity

• Callinicus, an Exarchate of Ravenna (597-602 or 603)
• Callinicus of Pelusium, a 4th century bishop, imprisoned by Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
• Martyrs and saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church:
  • Callinicus of Gangra (4th century), who suffered martyrdom at the city of Gangra (modern Çankırı). His memory is celebrated on July 29
  • Callinicus of Phrygia, who suffered martyrdom during the rule of Decius (emperor) together with martyrs Leukios and Saint Thyrsus the memory of all three is celebrated on December 14
  • Callinicus, who suffered martyrdom in 218 together with Meletios Stratēlatēs and other Christians; their memory is celebrated on May 24
  • Patriarch Callinicus of Alexandria (1858–1861)
• Patriarchs of Constantinople (see List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople):
  • Callinicus I (693-705), a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church whose memory is celebrated on August 24
  • Callinicus II (1688, 1689-1693, 1694-1702)
  • Callinicus III (1757)
  • Callinicus IV (1801-1806, 1808-1809)

In Modern Times

• Jannis Kallinikos, organization theorist at the London School of Economics

Women With This Name

• Saint Callinici, also known as Saint Callinica was a Christian martyr, who was beheaded in Rome by sword in 252. She is a Saint of Orthodox Christianity whose memory is celebrated on March 22