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Monday of the Second Week of Easter; Opt Mem of St. Martin I, Pope and Martyr

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Martin I (d. 655), who was pope from 649 to 654. He was a courageous defender of the faith against heresy. He held a council at Rome which condemned the Monothelite heresy which taught that Christ had no human but only a divine will and defended that Christ was true God…

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