Bernardino de Sahagún
Missionary
Bernardino de Sahagún OFM was a Franciscan friar, missionary priest and pioneering ethnographer who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain. Born in Sahagún, Spain, in 1499, he journeyed to New Spain in 1529. Wikipedia
Born: Sahagún, Spain
Died: February 5, 1590, Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Mexico
Pronunciation: Spanish
Education: University of Salamanca
Place of burial: Church of San Francisco, Mexico City, Mexico