Feast day: April 13
Pope St. Martin I
The pope who condemned an emperor-backed heresy about Christ's will, was kidnapped from Rome by imperial troops, tried in Constantinople, and exiled to die of hardship in Crimea.
He is the last pope venerated as a martyr — arrested for defending orthodox faith, dragged across the empire, and left to starve in exile.
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