Martin I (Pope)

Martin I (* around 600 in Todi , Umbria ; † September 16, 655 in Chersonese , Crimean Peninsula ) was Pope from 649 to 653.

Life

During the pontificate of his predecessor Theodor I , he worked first as a deacon and later as an apocrisy . Martin I was an opponent of the then widespread monotheleticism . After taking office, he gathered 105 bishops of the Western Church in a synod in the Lateran in 649 . After detailed deliberations, monotheleticism was rejected and the decision was sent to the bishops of the Eastern and Western Churches for signature. Paulus II , the Patriarch of Constantinople , was excommunicated because he refused the decision. This led to a conflict with the Eastern Roman emperor and a failed attempt by the emperor to arrest the pope. This succeeded in a second attempt in 653, the bedridden Pope was seized and shipped from Rome to Constantinople . After a trial he was sentenced to death, whipped and exiled to the Crimea after a pardon , where he died on September 16, 655 as a result of his cruel treatment. To his disappointment, Pope Eugene I was elected a successor even before his death .

Remembrance day

Catholic: April 13th ( non-mandatory day of remembrance in the general Roman calendar )
Orthodox: April 14th

literature

Pietro Conte: Martin I, Pope (649–653) . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 6, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7608-8906-9 , Sp. 341.
Georg Jenal: MARTINO I, papa, santo. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 71: Marsilli – Massimino da Salerno. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2008.
Georg Jenal: MARTINO I, santo. In: Massimo Bray (ed.): Enciclopedia dei Papi. Volume 1: Pietro, santo. Anastasio bibliotecario, antipapa. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2000 ( treccani.it ).
Georg Kreuzer: Martin I. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3 , Sp. 907-910. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Francis Mershman: Pope St. Martin I . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 9, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1910.

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Martin I. in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints

predecessor	Office	successor
Theodor I.	Pope 649-653	Eugene I.

personal data
SURNAME	Martin I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Pope (649-653)
DATE OF BIRTH	around 600
PLACE OF BIRTH	Todi , Umbria
DATE OF DEATH	September 16, 655
Place of death	Chersonese , Crimea (today: Ukraine )