Editing Pope Martin I (section)

{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 649 to 655}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
|type=Pope
|honorific-prefix=[[Pope Saint]]
|name=Martin I
|title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
|church = [[Catholic Church]]
|image = 14 Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione (Todi), el papa Martí I, de Carlo Laurenti.jpg
|caption = Statue of Martin I in [[Santa Maria della Consolazione, Todi|Santa Maria della Consolazione church]], [[Todi]], [[Italy]]
|term_start= 21 July 649
|term_end=16 September 655
|predecessor=[[Pope Theodore I|Theodore I]]
|successor=[[Pope Eugene I|Eugene I]]
|birth_date= 590–600
|birth_place=Near [[Todi]], [[Umbria]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]]
|death_date=16 September 655
|death_place=[[Cherson (theme)|Cherson]], [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]]
|other=Martin}}

'''Pope Martin I''' ({{langx|la|Martinus I}}, {{langx|el|Πάπας Μαρτῖνος}}; between 590 and 600 – 16 September 655), also known as '''Martin the Confessor''', was the [[bishop of Rome]] from 21 July 649 to his death 16 September 655. He had served as [[Pope Theodore I]]'s ambassador to [[Constantinople]], and was [[papal selection before 1059|elected]] to succeed him as [[pope]]. He was the only pope when [[Byzantine Papacy|Constantinople controlled the papacy]] whose election had not awaited imperial mandate. For his strong opposition to [[Monothelitism]], Pope Martin I was arrested by Emperor [[Constans II]], carried off to Constantinople, and ultimately banished to [[Cherson (theme)|Cherson]]. He is considered a saint by both the [[Catholic Church]] and the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], as well as the last pope [[List of popes who died violently#Martyr popes|recognised as a martyr]].