The urge to seek martyrdom through provoking Islam was widespread, not isolated

Evidence

St Francis, before his own journey to Egypt, had already despatched a party to Africa who successfully forced a reluctant Muslim government to martyr them. Before they left Christian territory they announced that God had chosen them to be numbered in the glorious army, Deus nos vult in numero suorum martyrum computare. In Seville they tried to break into the Friday mosque, and, when they were driven away by the crowd, as ‘ambassadors of the King of Kings’ they went and abused Muhammad and Islam outside the royal palace instead. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 686 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

A case only superficially different is that of Fr. Nicolas of Montecorvino (Gol. v, p. 73) who superfluously required a penitent Hungarian noble renegade to proclaim publicly his return to Christ, a penance which resulted in the foreseen and intended martyrdom of both priest and penitent. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2141 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Since his private intention was frankly to seek martyrdom this defence of provocation seems disingenuous; he also more openly argued that to tempt others to kill one was not suicide. In any case he followed his own recommendation, bursting into the Friday prayer in the presence of the sultan, and crying out in French against the mortiferam sectam: interpreters and renegades present alone understood what he said. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 689 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Missionaries sought martyrdom through provoking Muslim violence when war was unavailable; Some friars actively sought martyrdom through intransigence — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2141; A martyrdom-seeker argued that provoking others to kill him was not suicide — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 689 (+1 more)

Related

• Missionaries sought martyrdom through provoking Muslim violence when war was unavailable (similarity 0.88)
• Franciscan missionaries deliberately provoked Muslim authorities to secure martyrdom (similarity 0.88)
• Medieval friars debated whether provoking one’s own martyrdom was suicide (similarity 0.87)
• Christian missionaries deliberately provoked Muslim rulers into martyring them (similarity 0.87)
• A martyrdom-seeker argued that provoking others to kill him was not suicide (similarity 0.87)
• Some friars actively sought martyrdom through intransigence (similarity 0.86)
• Franciscan missionaries deliberately sought execution by abusing Islam publicly (similarity 0.85)
• Christian friars debated whether provoking Muslim executioners to martyrdom was licit (similarity 0.82)
• Medieval Franciscan missionaries deliberately provoked martyrdom by insulting Islam (similarity 0.82)
• Medieval missionaries often converted preaching into deliberate provocation of violence (similarity 0.81)
• Martyrdom-seeking missionizing was common, not an isolated medieval aberration (similarity 0.80)
• Seeking martyrdom repeatedly endangered Christian-Muslim coexistence across centuries (similarity 0.80)
• Some Franciscan friars courted martyrdom by deliberately blaspheming Muhammad (similarity 0.80)
• Franciscan martyrs deliberately provoked Muslims to obtain their own deaths (similarity 0.79)
• Martyrdom-seeking missionaries provoked Muslim judges into executing them by blaspheming Muhammad (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Franciscan missionaries deliberately provoked Muslim authorities to secure martyrdom #corroborates (0.95) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 686
• Some friars actively sought martyrdom through intransigence #corroborates (0.92) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2141
• A martyrdom-seeker argued that provoking others to kill him was not suicide #exemplifies (0.75) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 689