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==Life==
Born in Tuscany, Saint St. Martin was educated with Church doctrine and joined the [[clergy]] of the Roman Church. After Pope Theodore I's death in 649, the [[saint ]] was chosen to succeed him.
During his papacy, the Monothelete heresy began to question Church doctrine. The heretics were able to find adherents in high levels of society, such as Emperor [[Constans II|Constans ]] (641 – 668641–668) and [[Patriarch]] [[Paul II of Constantinople|Paul of Constantinople ]] (641 – 654641–654). Emperor Constans even published a book entitled "Pattern of Faith" that all people were forced to read. The book supported the heresy. When St. Martin read the book, he staunchly supported Orthodoxy and even convened the Lateran Council at Rome in order to condemn the Monothelite heresy.
When the emperor learned this, he sent a military commander to kill the pope. Since the commander was too scared to assassin assassinate the pope himself, he hired someone to perform the deed. The hired assassin became blinded upon approaching St. Martin and was unable to kill him. The military commander fled from Rome in fear and soon died in battle.
The emperor continued his pursuit to eliminate the saint by hiring another military commander to accuse him of heresy. Unable to dethrone the pope on these claims, the commander resorted to capturing St. Martin at night and bringing him to the island of Naxos in the Aegean Sea in the year 654. During the course of a year on this small, scarcely populated island, St. Martin was starved and abused by prison guards.
==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] ([[Tone]] 3) [http://www.oca.org/FSTropars.asp?ID=101075]
:You strengthened the Church with true doctrine,
:High Priest and teacher of the mysteries,
:You poured forth streams of [[doctrine]].
:You expounded the true doctrine of the two natures and wills of Christ.
:[[intercession|Intercede ]] for those who cry: "Rejoice, blessed Father Martin.".
==External linklinks==*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101075 St Martin the Confessor the Pope of Rome] ([[OCA]])*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=17 Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/m/inp136.htm Icon and Troparion of St. Martin, Pope of Rome]
title=Pope of Rome|
years=655-657|
after=St. Eugene I |}}
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