Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly Explained

Type:Bishop
Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly B.
Bishop of Aosta
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:Diocese of Tarentaise
Term:1659–1691
Predecessor:Philibert Milliet de Faverges C.R.L.
Successor:Alexandre Lambert de Soyrier
Ordination:1635
Consecration:March 9, 1659
Consecrated By:Archbishop Giulio Cesare Bergera
Birth Date:1605 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Grésy-sur-Aix, FR
Death Place:Aosta, IT
Nationality:Italian
Religion:Roman Catholic Church
Occupation:Bishop
Profession:priest
Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly
Dipstyle:His Excellency
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Bishop

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,[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".

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Notes and 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. http://www.dlls.univr.it/?ent=persona&id=937 Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere - Rosanna Gorris