Pope Saint Martin I

Memorial

• 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

• at Todi, Tuscany, Italy

Papal Ascension

• 649

Died

• 655 at Cherson, Crimea (in modern Ukraine) from starvation

Name Meaning

• little Mars - latin

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• 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
• Catholic News Agency
• Kirken i Norge
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Pictorial Lives of the Saints
• uCatholic

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Martin I“. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 April 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>