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Callinicus

CALLINICO

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CALLINICUS. - Meletian bishop of Pelusium in Egypt (4th century), an opponent of St. Athanasius, and a suffragan of John Arkaph; he was one of the four Meletian bishops charged by Arkaph to protest at the court in Antioch against the tribute imposed by Athanasius on the Egyptians; at the Council of Tyre (335) he further accused him of having broken the chalice of Ischyras and of having deposed him after maltreating him. He was also present at the Council of Sardica.

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BIBL.: Sources: Socrates, Hist. ecclesiastica, I, 27; Sozomen, Hist. ecclesiastica, II, 25. Studies: Tillemont, VII, Venice 1732, pp. 10, 34, 38, 75.

Mario Scaduto

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 385.

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Scaduto, Mario. “Callinico.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 385. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/callinico.

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Scaduto, Mario. “Callinico.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 385. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/callinico.

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@incollection{ec3_callinico,
  author    = {Scaduto, Mario},
  title     = {Callinico},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {385},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/callinico}
}

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