Pope Victor I

Pope Saint Victor I
Bishop of Rome
Stained glass image of Pope-Saint Victor, with anachronistic papal tiara (Semmering, Austria)
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	189
Papacy ended	199
Predecessor	Eleutherius
Successor	Zephyrinus
Personal details
Born	140–160 AD Africa Proconsulare, Roman Empire
Died	199 AD Rome, Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day	28 July or 11 January
Other popes named Victor

Pope Victor I (died 199) was a Roman African prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Rome in the late second century. The dates of his tenure are uncertain, but one source states he became pope in 189 and gives the year of his death as 199.^[1] He was born in the Roman Province of Africa—probably in Leptis Magna (or Tripolitania). He was later considered a saint. His feast day is celebrated on 28 July as "St Victor I, Pope and Martyr".^[2] He was of Berber origin.^[3]