Pope Victor I
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Pope Saint Victor I was Pope
Pope
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 from 189 to 199 (the Vatican cites 186 or 189 to 197 or 201).

Pope Victor I was the first bishop of Rome
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 born in the Roman Province of Africa: probably he was born in Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna
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 (or Tripolitania). He was later canonized. His feast day is celebrated on July 28 as "St Victor I, Pope and Martyr".

Before his elevation to the Roman episcopacy, a difference in dating the celebration of the Christian Passover/Easter
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 between Rome and the bishops of Asia Minor
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 had been tolerated by both the Roman and Eastern churches.
 
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