Enciclopedia Cattolica

Callinicus I, Patriarch of Constantinople

CALLINICO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI

Volume III · p. 245 · 1949

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

CALLINICUS I, patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE. —
He held this office from 693 to 705. His severe
admonitions against the emperor Justinian II ulti-
mately made him completely hostile to him. Fearing the imperial
wrath, C. took part in the conspiracy that succeeded in mutilating
and exiling Justinian, who, having returned to power,
had C. blinded and exiled him to Rome. Here, according to the
Eastern Christians, he was allegedly buried alive in a cell. The
Greeks celebrate C. as a saint on 23 Aug.

BIBL.: Acta SS. Augusti, IV, Paris 1867, pp. 645–46; *Vita Callinici, in Menologii anonymi byzantini quae supersunt*, II, ed. Latisev; Petersburg 1912, pp. 339–41. Ignazio Ortiz de Urbina
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“CALLINICO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), p. 245. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/callinico-i-patriarca-di-costantinopoli.