Kallinikos (Hagiograph)

Kallinikos ( ancient Greek Καλλίνικος ) was a monk of Ruphinianai in Bithynia and a hagiographer in the 5th century .

Kallinikos wrote the Vita Hypatii between 447 and 450 , a saints vita about his teacher Hypatios , who had re-established the monastery of Ruphinianai. A stranger brought out the vita under the third abbot after Hypatios and dedicated it to an unknown deacon Eutychos. Corrections were made to Syrian variants of ancient Greek , from which it is concluded that Kallinikos was a Syrian . The Vita contains reports of miracles and paraneses of Hypatios, its value as a church, secular and cultural historical source is regarded as high. The model of the Vita Hypatii was the Vita Antonii of Athanasios .

Expenses (selection)

De vita S. Hypatii liber . Bibliotheca Teubneriana 1895.

literature

Hans Thurn : Kallinikos. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 979-980. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Kallinikos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	hagiographer
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century or 5th century
DATE OF DEATH	5th century or 6th century