Pope Saint Martin, martyr, fought heresy as popes should and suffered for it

Beware of those who call good those things valued by the world but which require no suffering to defend and are not necessary for salvation. I do not even speak of evil, which Pope Martin fought as popes should and for which he suffered greatly as a result.

From the Roman Martyrology:

Born at Todi in Umbria, Martin accepted at the beginning of his pontificate to recall Paul of Constantinople, a heretic to the Catholic faith, by sending letters and legates. But Paul, supported by the emperor Constans, banished the legates of the Apostolic See to various islands. The Pope aroused by this crime, gathered at Rome a council of one hundred and five bishops, who condemned Paul. During the council the emperor sent the exarch Olympius to Italy, to depose the Pope. But Olympius died a miserable death, after failing to harm Martin in any way. Then, on the emperor’s orders, Theodore Kalliopes took over the Lateran Basilica and the nearby residence of the pope, and arrested Martin, first sending him to the island of Naxos, and then bringing him to Constantinople. Here the holy pope was chained and suffered mockery and insults. Exiled to the Chersonesus, he departed his life in the beginning of the eighth year of his pontificate, worn out with hardship and destitution for the sake of the Catholic faith. His body was later taken to Rome and was buried in the Church dedicated to SS. Sylvester and Martin.

Nota bene: popes are charged for the sake of unity with fighting against dangers to the faith, chief among these heresy. Today we have quite the opposite: heretics are coddled, championed and promoted at the highest level of the Church and countless souls are endangered as a result.

Saint Martin, pope and martyr, intercede for us and for all popes.

V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us pray.
Look forgivingly on thy flock, Eternal Shepherd, and keep it in thy constant protection, by the intercession of blessed Martin thy Martyr and Sovereign Pontiff, whom thou didst constitute Shepherd of the whole Church.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.