Holy See / Papa Victor (Pope Victor I)

Pope Victor I was a bishop of Rome, and hence a pope, in the late second century. He was from a Berber origin.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. He was the first bishop of Rome 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".