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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Saint Martin I |
 | | Martyr, born at Todi on the Tiber, son of Fabricius; elected Pope at Rome, 21 July, 649, to succeed Theodore I; died at Cherson in the present peninsulas of Krym, 16 Sept., 655, after a reign of 6 years, one month and twenty six days, having ordained eleven priests, five deacons and thirty-three bishops. |
 | | The decrees signed by the pope and the assembled bishops were sent to the other bishops and the faithful of the world together with an encyclical of Martin. |
 | | The pope, wishing to avoid the shedding of human blood, forbade resistance and declared himself willing to be brought before the emperor. |
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