Franciscan friars in 1220s Morocco were frustrated when martyrdom was denied them

Evidence

In scholastic style, Thomas is giving both sides of the argument; his testimony shows that the Franciscan missions provoked criticism in Paris in the 1220s: the argument centers around the interpretation of Matthew 10:16, which the Regula non bullata (quoted at the beginning of this chapter) cited to justify Franciscan mission. … The stories of the Moroccan martyrs of 1220 and 1227 show, on the contrary, how difficult it often was for preachers to obtain the martyrdom they so fervently desired. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1173

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to the sacrifice article: these friars crave death as a love-gift to God and are denied it — the very ‘small acts of decorum toward corpses’ tension in reverse.
• CANDY: The irony that missionaries desperately wanted to be killed and their rulers wouldn’t oblige is a surprising, tweetable nugget.
• XREF: connects to: Medieval friars debated whether provoking one’s own martyrdom was suicide