Was Hispania safe for Christians?

I was reading yesterday about christian persecutions during second and third centuries and while there were several reports of persecutions in the East (which is natural since christianity came from the East) and in the West in Italy and Gaul.
However reports of perscution in Hispania and western Numidia were rare despite the fact that christianity was already spread in Hispania...
Plus whenever christians were persecuted in these areas their treatment was milder than the Eastern provinces...

Was Hispania a safe heaven for christians? Or there is ssomething wrong with the reports?
 
There seem to be a few Spanish martyrs (St Agapius, St Servandus and Cermanus) which at least look reasonably historical, so not likely a completely safe haven. It may simply be a case of source survival or publication bias (In 1960s France and Germany, critical research of martyr acts could get you a professorship. In Francist Spain, more likely a jail term).
 
There seem to be a few Spanish martyrs (St Agapius, St Servandus and Cermanus) which at least look reasonably historical, so not likely a completely safe haven. It may simply be a case of source survival or publication bias (In 1960s France and Germany, critical research of martyr acts could get you a professorship. In Francist Spain, more likely a jail term).
Indeed... But according to what i read there wasnt any large scale persecutions like the ones in the East or Italy... And Christian's treatment by local governors was milder... Could Hispania become the centre of Christianity since there wasnt large persecution there?
 

PhilippeO

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But how many population of Hispania actually Christian ? christianity spread there didn't mean Christian are "visible". If Christian is very small minority and unimportant, the governor could just turn blind eye and got lazy not persecuting them. If Christian migrate en masse, turn Hispania into center of Christianity, then Christianity would become important in Governor eye and Hispania Governor action or inaction become important in the eye of central government.
 
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