Pope Saint Martin I (known as Saint Martin, confessor and Pope of Rome in the Eastern Orthodox church) was a 7th century pope who, together with Saint Maximus the confessor, fought against the monothelite heresy.
Monothelitism was the false doctrine that Jesus Christ only had one will, in contrast to orthodox Christian teaching that asserts that Jesus Christ is both fully human and fully divine, and thus possessed both a human will and a divine will. Monothelite theology was developed out of political convenience - it was a compromise theology- a way to placate parts of the Byzantine empire where some people disputed that Christ was fully human and divine.
In defiance of the Byzantine Roman Emperor Constans II, Saint Martin convened a council that condemned Monothelite teaching. In response the emperor sent soldiers to Rome to abduct him. Saint Martin was taken to Constantinople in chains, treated harshly in prison, subjected to a sham trial and exiled to Cherson (modern-day Crimea) where he soon met his death. Nevertheless, 25 years after he passed, the Sixth Ecumenical convened and vindicated Saint Martin's position, and monothelitism was declared a heresy.
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