A bit of history is appropriate. St James, son of Zebedee, called Boanerges, was among the first four apostles of Jesus. Peter and Andrew were chosen first, then James and John (the Evangelist). Santiago is St. James. Iago, Diego, and Jaime are al renditions of Hebrew Yacov, or Jacobus, Latin for James. According to Chistian legend, the apostles chose lots for the ends of the earth where they would evangelize. All this occured certainly before the Roman sack of Jerusalem. St. James, Santiago, went to Hispania, Latin for what would come to be España. Were captive Jews brought to Hispania by the Romans before Santiago arrived? I need proof to come to that conclusion.
To be other than a pilgrim is to be a tourist, which seems a sort of insult around here.
. I must say when I hear the term "pagan" in connection with European history, I usually think of the autochthonous peoples who had lived there for quite a while before Christianisation was completed. So not necessarily non-Christians such as Jews or Muslims but Celtiberians, Celts, Gauls, Germanic tribes; also Romans and Greeks if you will; predominant cultures, multiple deities, that sort of thing. I guess that's what the OP had in mind. It doesn't diminish or ignore the contribution of others who appeared later on the scene.
