Saint Baudolino was an 8th-century hermit residing in Forum Fulvii, located in what is now north-west Italy. Born into a noble family, he famously distributed his entire fortune to the impoverished before choosing a life of asceticism in a small hut near the Tanaro river. He lived during the reign of the Lombard king Liutprand and was noted for his profound holiness and prophetic abilities. He is remembered as a holy man who possessed the gift of clairvoyance, which was demonstrated when he correctly predicted the death of the king's nephew.