Martinos 6 was the bishop of Rome, pope Martin I.

Martinos 6 was a native of Tuder, in the province of Tuscia ("de civitate Tudertina provincie Tusciae"): Lib. Pont. 76. 1. He became apocrisiarius in Constantinople: Lib. Pont. 76. 4 ("Martinum qui hic erat apocrisarius in regia urbe"). He became bishop of Rome in succession to Theodorus (Theodoros 49) in 649. Martinos 6 was bishop of Rome for six years one month twenty six days: Lib. Pont. 76. 1. Bishop of Rome: Theoph. AM 6150 (ὁ ἁγιώτατος πάπας Ῥώμης), Theoph. AM 6160 (Μαρτῖνον, τὸν ἁγιώτατον πάπαν Ῥώμης), Chron. 1234, §130 (p. 266), Mich. Syr. II 427, Zon. XIV 19. 5. He was persuaded by Maximus the Confessor (Maximos 10) of the rightness of his views and later welcomed some Nestorians whom Maximos 10 had also convinced; they fled from the Arabs in Africa (presumably after the defeat of Gregorios 1) to Rome and Martinos 6 gave them a monastery there to live in: Chron. 1234, §130 (p. 266). In 649 he summoned a council of one hundred and five bishops which met with all the priests, deacons and the clergy of Rome in the Church of the Saviour next to the Lateran Palace; they condemned as heretical and anathematised the recent teachings associated with monotheletism and distributed the council's findings through the East and the West: Lib. Pont. 76. 3. Bishop of Rome, he convened a council of one hundred and nine bishops at which were condemned the emperor Heraklios, the former patriarch Sergios and the more recent patriarchs Pyrrhos 1 and Paulos 2 for rejecting the doctrine of Two Wills: Mich. Syr. II 431.

Bishop of Rome; Martinos 6 presided at each of the five sessions of the Lateran Council at Rome, from 5 October to 31 October 649: Conc. Lat., p. 2, lines 3-4 (προκαθεζομένου Μαρτίνου τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου καὶ μακαριωτάτου πάπα τοῦ ἀποστολικοῦ θρόνου τῆς τῶν Ῥωμαίων πόλεως), p. 3, lines 2-3 ("praesidente sancto ac beatissimo Martino papa sanctae sedis apostolicae urbis Romae"), cf. pp. 31, 111, 177, 247. He spoke frequently at each session of the Council; cf. Conc. Lat., p. 10, line 6, p. 22, line 22, p. 22, line 32, p. 24, line 36 (at the first session), Conc. Lat., p. 37, lines 1, 31 and 42, p. 38, line 11, p. 42, line 20, p. 46, line 17, p. 48, lines 1 and 32, p. 50, line 30, p. 60, lines 1 and 17, p. 66, line 10, p. 70, line 32, p. 72, line 29, p. 78, line 25, p. 94, line 16, p. 96, lines 22 and 36, p. 104, line 1 (at the second session), Conc. Lat., p. 116, line 1, p. 118, lines 24 and 35, p. 124, line 9, p. 132, lines 23 and 37, p. 140, lines 12 and 23, p. 142, line 1, p. 144, line 26, p. 146, line 24, p. 154, line 1, p. 156, lines 1 and 11, p. 162, line 25, p. 164, line 6, p. 170, line 9, p. 174, line 1 (at the third session), Conc. Lat., p. 182, line 1, p. 194, line 27, p. 196, line 7, p. 206, lines 17 and 28, p. 216, lines 17 and 31, p. 236, line 2 (at the fourth session), Conc. Lat., p. 252, line 1, p. 254, lines 1 and 14, p. 256, lines 10 and 25, p. 320, line 10, p. 336, line 1, p. 358, line 19 (at the fifth session).

Martinos 6 subscribed the definition of the faith agreed by the Council at its last session: Conc. Lat., p. 390, lines 4-5, p. 391, lines 4-5. Author of an encyclical letter announcing the findings of the Lateran Council to the church at large: Conc. Lat., pp. 404 - 421. Author also of a letter to the bishop Amandus 1 (of Traiecta) urging him not to retire from his bishopric because of the heretical leanings of some of his clergy: Conc. Lat., pp. 422-424.

Martinos 6 was bishop of Rome when a council was held there which condemned monotheletism: Riedinger II 2. 130, line 22 (= Mansi XI 292) (a letter from pope Agatho 1 and the Roman council of 680), Zon. XIV 19. 6. He condemned Pyrrhos 1 for his monothelete views: Zon. XIV 19. 22.

Olympios 1 was sent as exarchus to Italy with orders to arrest Martinos 6 and to promulgate the monothelete doctrine there, but he was unable to arrest Martinos 6; he then tried to have Martinos 6 assassinated but again failed (see Anonymus 235); he then made his peace with Martinos 6: Lib. Pont. 76. 4-7. Martinos 6 was then arrested in the Church of the Saviour (the Lateran Basilica) by Theodoros 163 and Theodoros 164 and carried off to Constantinople; Martinos 6 continued to resist the emperor and was sent into exile at Cherson, where he died; Martinos 6 is described as a confessor of Christ and is said to have worked many miracles after his death: Lib.Pont. 76. 8. After supporting the doctrine of Two Wills at the council at Rome, Martinianos (sic) the bishop of Rome was arrested and taken to Constantinople: Mich. Syr. II 444.

Martinos 6 was arrested at Rome and transported by ship to Abydos and Naxos, entering Constantinople on 17 September: Commemmoratio 592A and C. He was taken to the excubitor prison, the Prandearia, by Sagoleva 3, and remained there until the ninety-third day, a Friday ("quae est dies parasceve"), when he was removed to the cella of the sacellarius to be tried by the senate: Commemmoratio 592D-593A. There he was questioned by the sacellarius and accused of involvement with the revolt of Olympios 1: Commemmoratio 593Bff. His interpreter during the trial was Innocentius (Innokentios 2): Commemmoratio 594D. Later, he was taken to the prison of the prefect, the praetorion; after the death of the patriarch Paulos 2 (in 653) he was subjected to further questioning (see Demosthenes 1): Commemmoratio 596A-598B. He was sent food by Gregorios 160: Commemmoratio 596D. He spent eighty-five days there before being taken from there by Sagoleva 3 to his house and from there was sent into exile to Chersonesos: Commemmoratio 598C-599A. He died in exile at Cherson on 16 September of indiction 14 (656/657) and was buried outside the walls of the city: Commemmoratio 599D-600A.

Bishop of Rome; Martinos 6 convened a synod at Rome, which condemned the Typos of Constans II (Konstans 1); subsequently he was arrested by the exarchos (Theodoros 163 Kalliopas) and sent to Constantinople, where he was imprisoned and questioned; he was then sent into exile at Cherson; with him was his disciple, Theodoros Spoudaios (Theodoros 343): Theod. Spoud., Hypomnesticum (Gk), praef., p. 67. When in Constantinople Martinos 6 was loaded with chains and paraded through the streets from the imperial palace to the office of the city prefect (see Anonymus 652); Martinos 6 was detained in two prisons, the exkoubiton and that of the city prefect, for 180 days and then exiled to Cherson; his sufferings lasted for three years and then he died, on 16 September of indiction 14 (16 September 655); he was buried on the feast of St Euphemia, in the Church of the Theotokos outside Cherson: Theod. Spoud., Hypomnesticum (Gk), 4, pp. 72-74, Hypomnesticum (Lat), IV-V, 197-198.

Martinos 6 was taken to Constantinople ignominiously and banished to Cherson by Constans II (Konstans 1): Theoph. AM 6160. He was exiled in 658/659 "after struggling nobly for the Truth" and became a confessor, dying in the east: Theoph. AM 6150 (ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀληθείας γενναίως ἀγωνισάμενος καὶ ὁμολογητὴς γενόμενος, ἐν τοῖς κλίμασι τῆς ἀνατολῆς τελευτήσας), Zon. XIV 19. 5. He suffered great maltreatment at the hands of the emperor: Zon. XIV 19. 28.

Martinos 6 suspended the right of the bishops of Caralis to ordain bishops to the see of Turris Libisonis: Lib. Pont. 84. 4 (and see Citonatus 1).

(Publishable link for this person: )