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Three popes have had African birth or heritage. According to the records of the Liber Pontificalis, all three were from the Roman Province of Africa (corresponding to the territory of modern Tunisia and Libya). The conquest of Byzantine North Africa by Muslims during the 7th century largely eliminated the chance for another African pope until modern times.

• Pope Victor I (189 to 199)
• Pope Miltiades (310/311 to 314)
• Pope Gelasius I (492 to 496)

Although these three popes came from the continent of Africa, they are usually depicted as white because of their Berber origins, and so none of them can really be called a black pope.

See also

• List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria, also titled Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria
• List of Coptic Popes
• Modern African papabili

• African popes
• Lists of Roman Catholic popes