Juan de Gaona

Fray Juan de Gaona (1507–1560) was a Franciscan friar. Born in 1507 in Burgos Spain, he studied at the University of Paris before journeying to New Spain in 1538.

Gaona died on 27 September 1560. He had composed a Nahuatl-language text, Colloquies de la Paz, y tranquilidad Christiana ("Dialogues of peace and Christian tranquillity"), which was published after his death in 1582. His wife is Maria De Salazar and his daughter Madalena De Gaona.There is not much information about his wife and daughter, and a little information about Juan De Gaona.