Hebraist, born at Avignon or Carpentras (second half of the 16th century), died in Paris in 1650. He converted from Judaism and was baptized at Aquino, whereupon he took the new name, leaving behind that of Jehuda Mordechai.
Having gone to Paris in 1610, he served as professor of Hebrew language and literature at the Collège de France until nearly the time of his death. He supported and assisted Michel Le Jay (Jajus) in the printing and correction of the Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Paris Polyglot. Among other works, he published (1629) a large Hebrew, Aramaic, and Talmudic-Rabbinic dictionary, and wrote on rabbinic interpretations of the Pentateuch (1620) and on the Tabernacle (1623, enlarged edition 1624). He composed a Hebrew version of the New Testament and an Italian translation of the Mishnaic tractate Abot.
His son, LUIGI ENRICO d'AQUINO, is known as a translator of rabbinic writings.