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649Martin I consecrated pope without imperial approvalDefies Byzantine authority over papal electionsMartin I was consecrated Bishop of Rome without waiting for the customary confirmation of the Byzantine exarch of Ravenna, asserting papal independence from imperial control. His defiance of Constantinople, combined with his opposition to Monothelitism, would lead to his arrest and exile a few years later.