# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/callinicus-of-heliopolis
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:03:00.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/callinicus-of-heliopolis"
name: "Callinicus of Heliopolis"
slug: "callinicus-of-heliopolis"
description: "Callinicus of Heliopolis was a Byzantine architect and alchemist of Jewish or Egyptian origin. He is credited with the invention of Greek fire, the premodern precedent of the flamethrower."
tagline: "Byzantine engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greekfire-madridskylitzes1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "700"
deathDate: "700"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.93114266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%B7_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F"
    title: "Каллінік з Геліополя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "قلينقوس البعلبكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "كالينيكوس اوف هيليوپوليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliopollu_Kallinik"
    title: "Heliopollu Kallinik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_(%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD)"
    title: "Калиник (византийски учен)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal%C2%B7l%C3%ADnic_d'Heli%C3%B2polis"
    title: "Cal·línic d'Heliòpolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallinikos_von_Heliopolis"
    title: "Kallinikos von Heliopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_(%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82)"
    title: "Καλλίνικος (αρχιτέκτονας)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinicus_of_Heliopolis"
    title: "Callinicus of Heliopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliniko_el_Heliopolo"
    title: "Kaliniko el Heliopolo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal%C3%ADnico_(inventor)"
    title: "Calínico (inventor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinizio_Heliopoliskoa"
    title: "Kalinizio Heliopoliskoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinicus"
    title: "Callinicus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinicus_na_Heliopolis"
    title: "Callinicus na Heliopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallinikos_van_Heliopolis"
    title: "Kallinikos van Heliopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallinikos_z_Heliopolis"
    title: "Kallinikos z Heliopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal%C3%ADnico_de_Heli%C3%B3polis"
    title: "Calínico de Heliópolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_(%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80)"
    title: "Каллиник (инженер)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallinikosi_i_Heliopolisit"
    title: "Kallinikosi i Heliopolisit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliniki_wa_Heliopoli"
    title: "Kaliniki wa Heliopoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliopolisli_Kallinikos"
    title: "Heliopolisli Kallinikos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705149"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump