a martyr to

a martyr to
   suffering from
   The death or persecution is only figurative.
   The Daily Telegraph on 7 September 1978 hesitated to call the Prime Minister a liar, a martyr to selective amnesia being a more telling and memorable indictment. He who describes himself as a martyr to indigestion is merely telling you he has occasional dyspepsia.

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