Peter is the first Pope, that part is in the Bible.
I never realized there was a controversy about whether Peter was ever in Rome at all.

Was Peter in Rome?
Fundametalist Christians claim Peter was never in Rome. To deny that he was is to let prejudice override reason. The historical record says it all.
There is no biblical or historical evidence for the claims of the Roman Catholic church that Peter was the first pope. In fact there is no evidence that there even was a pope in the first century.
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