CALLINICUS. — Meletian bishop of Pelusium in Egypt (4th century), an opponent of St. Athanasius and a suffragan of John Arcaph. He was one of the four Meletian bishops commissioned by Arcaph to protest before the court at Antioch against the tribute imposed by Athanasius on the Egyptians. At the Council of Tyre (335), he further accused Athanasius of having broken the chalice of Ischyras and deposed him after maltreating him. He was also present at the Council of Serdica.
BIBL.: Sources: Socrates, Hist. ecclesiastica, I, 27; Sozomen, Hist. ecclesiastica, II, 22. Studies: Tillemont, VII, Venice 1732, pp. 19, 34, 38, 73.