Pope Victor I

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Pope189–199

Who

The first Latin-speaking pope; he pressed the churches of Asia to keep Easter on Sunday and threatened to break communion with them, which Irenaeus urged him not to do (Eusebius V.24).

Sources

Eusebius, Church History
Liber Pontificalis
Annuario Pontificio

Lineage

In the succession →

See of Rome, 189–199.

Succeeded: Pope Eleutheriusc. 175–189
See of Rome, 189–199
Succeeded by: Pope Zephyrinus199–217
See of Rome, 199–217

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