Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly

Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly (1 March 1605 – 3 April 1691) was a Savoyard clergyman who was bishop of Aosta from 1659 until his death.

Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly B.
Bishop of Aosta
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeDiocese of Tarentaise
In office1659–1691
PredecessorFiliberto Milliet de Faverges C.R.L.
SuccessorAlessandro Lambert
Orders
Ordination1635
ConsecrationMarch 9, 1659
by Archbishop Giulio Cesare Bergera
Personal details
Born(1605-03-01)1 March 1605
Grésy-sur-Aix, FR
Died3 April 1691(1691-04-03) (aged 86)
Aosta, IT
NationalityItalian
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
OccupationBishop
Professionpriest
Styles of
Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly
Reference styleHis Excellency
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Biography

Born in 1605 to Barthélémy Balli and Béatrix de Loziano,[1] 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 Gorris[2] stated that "the most important writer of Valdôtain 17th century literature is certainly Albert Bailly, bishop of Aosta".

References
  1. 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.
  2. Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere - Rosanna Gorris

Bibliography
  • J.-M. Albini (1865). Memoire historique sur Philibert-Albert Bally Evêque d'Aoste et Comte de Cogne au dix-septième siècle (in French). Turin: Imprimerie de Seb. Franco et fils.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Filiberto Milliet de Faverges C.R.L.		 Bishop of Aosta
1659–1691		 Succeeded by
Alessandro Lambert
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