Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly (1 March 1605 – 3 April 1691) was a Savoyard clergyman who was bishop of Aosta from 1659 until his death.
Biography
Born in 1605 to Barthélémy Balli and Béatrix de Loziano,Archives de Savoie, Registre paroissiaux: baptêmes (1597-1634) BM - cote 4E1200 vue 17. His surname was initially written Bally, and then Bailly, and first name Albert was adopted only when he became a bishop. It is this later form which is used by modern authors. he studied with the Jesuites of Chambéry and after he moved to Turin, where he became secretary of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy. He became a Barnabite priest in 1633.
He was ordained as a bishop in March 1659.
Although not a native of the Aosta Valley, Bailly remains, as a devoted defender of local freedoms, a cultural and historical figure of the valley. He is considered by Lin Colliard as "the best and the most prolific Valdôtain writer of the time" and Rosanna GorrisDipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere - Rosanna Gorris stated that "the most important writer of Valdôtain 17th century literature is certainly Albert Bailly, bishop of Aosta".
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External links Profile of Mons. Bailly www.catholic-hierarchy.org Official Page of diocese of Aosta