Paul's conversion is well docuмented. He said, "For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God."
It feels like you're trying to make a relevant point.... :detective:
Any admission from Martin he was an enemy of the Church before his "conversion?"
I am unaware of any specific quote of him saying so. But I also don't think he was an outright enemy in the sense that St. Paul was either. His actions are what speak volumes. How many people say they're friendly to the Church today, yet their very actions reveal otherwise. MM was just the opposite, I think; yet you cannot accept that for some reason.
I don't see anyone calling for him to be raised to sainthood- only justly recognizing the good he did, however much it was, in the latter half of his life. I am able to see, and I condemn, the error he was engaged in in his early years, yet it seems some people focus entirely on that.