Blessed Gualfardus of Augsburg

Also known as

• Gualfardus of Verona
• Wolfhard of….

Memorial

• 11 May

Profile

Layman artison, trader and saddler at Verona, Italy. His reputation for sanctity spread, and the people of Verona saw him as a saint in their midst. He retired to become a Camoldolese Benedictine monk at San Salvatore priory near Verona.

Born

• 1070 at Augsburg, Germany

Died

• 1127 at San Salvatore priory, Verona, Italy of natural causes

Patronage

• harness makers

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Gualfardus of Augsburg”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 December 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-gualfardus-of-augsburg/>