Pope Martin I

Pope Saint Martin I

Memorial
13 April

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Our Saint for today was chosen 74th pope in 649 without imperial approval. He conducted the Lateran Council which condemned the Patriarch of Constantinople for Monothelitism. This was, yet another heresy that stated Jesus had only divine will and motivation…. so divinely he could have gone to the cross thereby negating the real, human sacrifice part of the whole “Cross thing.”

This decision and Council itself by the way, put Martin in direct opposition to the powers that be. The emperor had Martin arrested and tortured to have him reverse his theological opinion. Fat chance. Finally the Patriarch of Constantinople had a change of heart and returned to the truth of Jesus’ natures and put a stop to the torture. Martin later died from the privations done to him while in jail….the last of the Popes martyred so far.

Died
655 at Cherson, Crimea from starvation.