Oct 072010
![[Pope Saint Martin I]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintm28.jpg "illustration of Pope Saint Martin I, artist unknown")
- 13 April
- 14 April (Eastern calendars)
- formerly 12 November
Profile
Chosen 74th pope in 649 without imperial approval. Conducted the Lateran Council which condemned the patriach of Constantinople for Monothelitism, which claimed that Christ had no human will. This put him in opposition to the emperor who had him arrested and tortured. Paul, Patriarch of Constantinople, repented of his stance which saved Martin from execution, but the pope died soon after from damage done during his imprisonment, and is considered a martyr, the last martyred pope.
Born
Papal Ascension
- 655 at Cherson, Crimea (in modern Ukraine) from starvation
Name Meaning
- little Mars - latin
- Pope holding money
- Pope with geese around him (possible confusion by artist with Martin of Tours)
- Pope in a prison cell
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Kirken i Norge
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Pictorial Lives of the Saints
MLA Citation