Saints who resisted heresy
St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome
Convened the Lateran Synod of 649 condemning Monothelitism against the imperial Typos; arrested, tried, and died in Crimean exile.
- Period
- †655
- Witness
- Pope of Rome, confessor
- Controversy
- Monothelitism
Witness under persecution
What this saint faced
The teaching resisted
Monothelitism and the imperial Typos.
How the saint stood firm
Convened the Lateran council of 649 and refused to withdraw its condemnation of the compromise.
Persecution and suffering
Imperial arrest, harsh confinement, hunger, illness, public humiliation and death in exile.
653–655, approximately two years from arrest to death; duration of each individual confinement is not established here.
Chronology of the confession
- 649Resistance
Convened the Lateran Synod condemning the Monothelite settlement.
- 653Arrest
Seized by imperial officers and carried from Rome to Constantinople.
- 654–655Imprisonment
Held in harsh conditions, tried and humiliated.
- 655Exile
Sent to Cherson in Crimea, where he died following severe privations.
Sources for this account
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