Pope Victor I

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c. 130 – c. 199 · b. Africa · Bishop of Rome

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First Latin-speaking bishop of Rome (c. 189-199). Excommunicated the Asian churches over the Quartodeciman controversy; rebuked by Irenaeus.

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Who was Pope Victor I?: Pope Victor I (130–199) — First Latin-speaking bishop of Rome (c. 189-199). Excommunicated the Asian churches over the Quartodeciman controversy; rebuked by Irenaeus.
Who did Pope Victor I correspond with?: Irenaeus of Lyons.
Who did Pope Victor I oppose?: Polycrates of Ephesus.
Who did Pope Victor I succeed as bishop of Rome?: Pope Eleutherius.
Who succeeded Pope Victor I as bishop of Rome?: Pope Zephyrinus.

opposed Polycrates of Ephesus
Victor I attempted to excommunicate the Asian churches led by Polycrates over the Quartodeciman Easter; rebuked by Irenaeus.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 5.23-25
corresponded (incoming) Irenaeus of Lyons
Irenaeus wrote urging Victor not to break communion with the Asian churches over Easter dating.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 5.24

succeeded in see Pope Eleutherius
Roman episcopal succession c. 189; preserved by Eusebius via Hegesippus and the Liberian list rather than contemporary documents.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 5.22
succeeded in see (incoming) Pope Zephyrinus
Roman episcopal succession c. 199; only attested by Eusebius writing a century later.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 5.28, 6.21