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Callinicus of Heliopolis

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Callinicus of Heliopolis (Medieval Greek: Καλλίνικος fl. 620 AD) was Byzantine architect and alchemist of Jewish or Egyptian origin. He is credited with the invention of Greek fire, the premodern precedent of the flamethrower. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Callinicus of Heliopolis has received more than 46,068 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Callinicus of Heliopolis is the 280th most popular architect, the 79th most popular biography from Lebanon and the most popular Lebanese Architect.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Callinicus of Heliopolis ranks 280 out of 518. Before him are Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Sixto Durán Ballén, Lin Huiyin, Bogdan Bogdanović, Vlado Milunić, and Marian Spychalski. After him are Libéral Bruant, Ernst Ziller, Pierre Cuypers, Salomon de Brosse, Ineni, and Werner March.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700, Callinicus of Heliopolis ranks 40. Before him are Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, Willibald, Æthelbald of Mercia, Galla Gaulo, Ragenfrid, and Swanachild. After him are Erchinoald, Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, Theodora of Khazaria, Alypius the Stylite, Jayavarman I, and Soga no Iruka. Among people deceased in 700, Callinicus of Heliopolis ranks 17. Before him are Daṇḍin, Eulji Mundeok, Sajah, Adi ibn Hatim, Dymphna, and Kumārila Bhaṭṭa. After him are Alypius the Stylite, Lupus I of Aquitaine, Ingvar, and Cearl of Mercia.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Callinicus of Heliopolis ranks 79 out of 145. Before him are Wadih El Safi (1921), Élias Sarkis (1924), Selim Hoss (1929), Gabriel Yared (1949), Charles Helou (1913), and Hassan Diab (1959). After him are Georgina Rizk (1953), Antoun Saadeh (1904), Haifa Wehbe (1976), Mika (1983), Bashir Shihab II (1767), and Nancy Ajram (1983).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Lebanon

Among architects born in Lebanon, Callinicus of Heliopolis ranks 1. 

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