RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Victor I

100 - 199

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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. He was born in the Roman Province of Africa—probably in Leptis Magna (or Tripolitania). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Victor I has received more than 671,074 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Pope Victor I is the 511th most popular religious figure (up from 519th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Libya and the 3rd most popular Libyan Religious Figure.

Pope Victor I is most famous for his role in the Council of Nicaea. He was the first pope to be recognized as Bishop of Rome.

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  • 670k

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  • 67.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Victor I ranks 511 out of 3,187. Before him are Maria al-Qibtiyya, Paul of Thebes, Rose of Lima, Haggai, Saint Sarah, and Malachi. After him are Simeon, Saint Florian, Jehoshaphat, Saint Menas, Rashi, and Tamar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Pope Victor I ranks 10. Before him are Decebalus, Dionysius the Areopagite, Thecla, James the Less, Longinus, and Saint Sarah. After him are Pope Telesphorus, Pope Hyginus, Justin Martyr, Lydia of Thyatira, Antipas of Pergamum, and Ananias of Damascus. Among people deceased in 199, Pope Victor I ranks 2. Before him is Lü Bu. After him are Yuan Shu, Gao Shun, Gongsun Zan, and Suro of Geumgwan Gaya.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Pope Victor I ranks 11 out of 76. Before him are Arius (256), Aristippus (-434), Omar Mukhtar (1858), Simon of Cyrene (-100), Callimachus (-310), and Idris of Libya (1889). After him are Khalifa Haftar (1943), Carneades (-214), Synesius (370), Berenice II of Egypt (-267), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), and Lorenzo Bandini (1935).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Libya

Among religious figures born in Libya, Pope Victor I ranks 3. Before him are Mark the Evangelist (10), and Arius (256).

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