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St. Victor I - (189-199)

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According to legend, Victor was a soldier in the Roman army at Marseilles when he was hailed before the prefects, Read More

Catholic Encyclopedia

(189-198 or 199), date of birth unknown. The "Liber Pontificalis" makes him a native of Africa and gives his father the name of Felix. This authority, taking the "Liberian Catalogue" as its basis, gives the years 186-197 as the period of Victor's episcopate. The Armenian text of the "Chronicle" of Eusebius (Leipzig, 1911, p. 223) places the beginning of Victor's pontificate in the seventh year of the ... Read More


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