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 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, the author of the Vita Sancti Hypatii 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 Trotskyist 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