 In the early sixteenth century he was venerated as the patron saint of the harnessmakers' guild at Verona.Gualfardo was born in Augsburg, the chief city of Swabia at the time.In 1096 he was on a pilgrimage—German "Wallfahrer" means pilgrim, whence his Italian name—from Augsburg "with some journeyman merchants", according to his "vita".