title: Callinicus
text: Callinicus or Kallinikos () is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Kalliniki, Callinice or Callinica (). It is of Greek origin, meaning "beautiful victor".
  
  People named Callinicus
  
  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
    (d. 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 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 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