Maginardo

1006–1032), called Aretino, was an Italian architect active in the Diocese of Arezzo during the episcopates of Elempert (986–1010), William (1010–1013), Adalbert (1014–1023), and Tedald (1023–1036), who called him arte architectonica optime erudito (Latin for "the most erudite in the architectural art").

Maginardo's career began in 1006–09, when he participated in the reconstruction of the eighth-century cathedral at Arezzo dedicated to Stephen the Protomartyr and the Virgin Mary.

Maginardo's second great project was the addition of a chapel dedicated to Saint Donatus to the side of the cathedral.

This resulted in Maginardo's greatest work: the renovation of the old cathedral on the Pionta, a hill at the centre of Arezzo.

This work lies in ruins today, since Cosimo I de' Medici ordered its destruction during his sack of 1561.