# Pope Victor I - Bishop of Rome

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-victor-i
Pontificate: 189 – 198/9
Number in the papal list: 14
Born-Died: Unknown - 199
Papal era: Early Church
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Victor_I

Roman Berber; first pope to have been born on the continent of Africa. Uncertain if he was a peregrinus (a free subject of the Roman Empire) or a Roman citizen.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Eleutherius](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-eleutherius)
- Next in list: [Pope Zephyrinus](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-zephyrinus)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 190 - [Easter date controversy](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/190-easter-date-controversy)
- 190 - [Muratorian fragment](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/190-muratorian-fragment)
- 197 - [Tertullian's Apology](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/197-tertullian-s-apology)