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Key Facts |
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601 |
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Todi, Umbria |
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Pope (649-655) |
| Died |
September 655 |
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Born around 601 in Todi, Umbria. |
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Prior to becoming Pope of Rome, he was employed as a Diplomat at Constantinople. |
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Almost his first official act in 649 was to summon the First Lateran Synod to confront the Monothelitic philosophy which had grown enormous followings beginning in Syria and Armenia. Monothelists believed that Jesus possessed two natures (human and divine) but only one will, whereas the Roman Pantheistic view was that Jesus had both two natures and two wills. |
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The main promoter of Monothelitism was Pope Sergius I of Constantinople (patriarch 610-638). It also enjoyed popular support under Pope Honorius I (625-638), former Patriarch of Rome. |
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In this context, the position of Pope Martin was as much about the positioning of Rome and noble Roman families against the power and ideas of the Eastern Empire than a purely theological feud. |
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Martin used the Synod and the attendance of over 100 Bishops to strongly condemn Pope Pope Sergius I of Constantinople, its cheif sponsor, the Eastern Emperor Heraclius (610-641) and Constans II (641-668). |
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In response, Eastern Emperor Constans II ordered his governor in Italy to arrest Pope Martin I and his the Constantinople Papal Ambassador Maximus (the Confessor). It appears however that Martin was able to use Militia forces to fend off the troops of the Byzantine Governor for at least three years with untold numbers killed before he was captured in 653. |
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Pope Martin and the Byzantine traitor Maximus were sent back to Constantinople by 654 where they faced a humilating trial, torture and eventual execution by 655. |
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Most Evil Crimes |
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List of most evil crimes |
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indecency and moral depravity for the purpose of promoting the slave trade: Pope Martin I, also known as St. Martin did issue a Papal Bull stating that anyone telling a slave to despise his master or withdraw from his service shall be excommunicated, therefore a heretic, therefore liable to death by burning and forfeit of all property; |
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