St. Martin I, the pope (leader of the Roman Catholic Church) from 649 to 653, was arrested by the Byzantine emperor Constans II Pogonatus in 653 because of controversies regarding monothelitism, a heresy that stated Christ had only one will rather than two distinct wills. Martin had condemned the heresy at the Lateran Council of 649 as well as an edict issued by the emperor that forbade discussion of Christ’s wills. The emperor, who had not approved Martin’s election as pope, then ordered Martin’s arrest. He was tortured and exiled to the Crimean Peninsula, where he died a martyr in 655.
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