Person

Gerónimo de Aguilar

Franciscan friar

b. 1489 CE – d. 1531 CE World The Far West

Gerónimo de Aguilar O.F.M.

(1489–1531) is a Franciscan friar born in Écija, Spain.

Aguilar is later involved with the 1519 Spanish conquest of Mexico, and with La Malinche he assists Hernán Cortés in translating indigenous language to Spanish.

Moran, J. (2017). Gerónimo de Aguilar. History Atlas. Retrieved 4 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/geronimo-de-aguilar/

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