Pope Saint Martin I was born in Tuscany, Italy. He was chosen as the 74th pope in 649. He conducted the Lateran Council which condemned 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 the pope from execution, but the pope died soon after his imprisonment from starvation in 655. He is considered a martyr and is the last martyred pope.
I can't believe of living in a time when the pope was put in jail and died because of it. Let us pray for Pope Benedict XVI!
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