Pope Victor I was the 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. He was the first bishop of Rome born in the Roman Province of Africa.
Victor was best known for his role in the Easter controversy, in which he attempted unsuccessfully to require that all Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus on Sunday, rather than in relation to the Jewish calculation of Passover. He was born in North Africa.(Tunisia)
He was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314. It was during his pontificate that Emperor Constantine the Great issued the Edict of Milan, giving Christianity legal status within the Roman Empire.
His papacy marked the end of the church’s period of persecution under the Roman emperors and the advent of the Christian emperor, Constantine I. He was born in North Africa.
He was the bishop of Rome from 1st March 492 to his death on 19th November 496. Gelasius was a prolific author whose style placed him on the cusp between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
Gelasius was the most prolific author of the early supreme pontiffs. A great mass of his correspondence survives. He was born in North Africa..…See More