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Pope Victor I

Pope Saint Victor I was a Pope

Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
from 189 to 199 (the Vatican cites 186 or 189 to 197 or 201).

Victor I was the first bishop of Rome

Rome

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born in the Roman Province of Africa. He was later canonized

Canonization

Canonization is the act by which a particular Christian church declares a deceased person to be a saint and is included in the canon, or list, of recognized saints....
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Before his elevation to the Roman episcopacy, a difference in dating the celebration of the Christian Passover/Easter

Easter

Easter is the most important religious feast in the Christianity liturgical year.Christians believe that Jesus was Resurrection of Jesus from the dead three days after his Crucifixion of Jesus, and celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday , two days after Good Friday....
between Rome and the bishops of Asia Minor had been tolerated by both the Roman and Eastern Orthodox churches.

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Pope Saint Victor I was a Pope

Pope

Rome

Canonization

Easter

Passover

Passover is a Jewish and Samaritan holy day and festival commemorating God sparing the Israelites when He killed the first born of Egypt, and is followed by the seven day Feast of the Unleavened Bread commemorating the Exodus from Ancient Egypt and the liberation of the Israelites from Judaism and slavery....
, regardless of what day of the week it fell on, as the Crucifixion had occurred on the Friday before Passover. The Latins called them Quartodecimans (see Quartodecimanism

Quartodecimanism

Quartodecimanism refers to the custom of some early Christians celebrating Passover or Easter beginning with the eve of the 14th day of Nisan , which at dusk is Biblically the "'s passover"....
). Rome and the West celebrated Easter on the Sunday following the 14th of Nisan. Victor is remembered for the great concern he displayed for order in the church by severing ties with bishops such as Polycrates of Ephesus

Polycrates of Ephesus

Polycrates of Ephesus was an early Christian leader who resided in Ephesus. He should not be confused with Polycrates of Samos.Roberts and Donaldson noted that Polycrates "belonged to a family in which he was the eighth Christian bishop; and he presided over the church of Ephesus, in which the traditions of St....
who opposed his views on Easter. He also broke with Theodotus of Byzantium

Theodotus of Byzantium

Theodotus of Byzantium was an early Christianity writer from Istanbul, one of several named Theodotus whose writings were condemned as heresy in the early church....
for his beliefs about Christ

Christology

Christology is a field of study within Christian theology which is concerned with the nature of Jesus the Christ, particularly with how the divine and human are related in his person....
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Until Victor's time, Rome celebrated the Mass

Mass (liturgy)

The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church. The term is used also of similar celebrations in Old Catholic Churches, in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, and in some largely High Church Lutheranism Lutheranism regions, including the Scandinavian and Baltic states countries....
in Greek

Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
. Pope Victor changed the language to Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
, which was used in his native North Africa. According to Jerome

Jerome

Saint Jerome was a Christian priest and Christian apologetics best known for translating the Vulgate. He is recognized by the Catholic Church as a canonized saint and Doctor of the Church, and his version of the Bible is still an important text in Catholicism....
, he was the first Christian author to write about theology in Latin. Latin masses, however, did not become universal until the latter half of the fourth century.

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