Gualfardo of Verona was a Swabian artisan and hermit who lived during the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Born in Augsburg around 1070, he traveled to Italy as a merchant pilgrim in 1096. After working as a master harnessmaker in Verona, he sought a life of solitude in the forests near the Adige river. He eventually returned to the city to establish a workshop, but later retreated to a cell near the church of Santa Trinità, where he lived until his death in 1127.