Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly

Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly B.
Bishop of Aosta
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Tarentaise
In office	1659–1691
Predecessor	Philibert Milliet de Faverges C.R.L.
Successor	Alexandre Lambert de Soyrier
Orders
Ordination	1635
Consecration	March 9, 1659 by Archbishop Giulio Cesare Bergera
Personal details
Born	(1605-03-01)1 March 1605 Grésy-sur-Aix, FR
Died	3 April 1691(1691-04-03) (aged 86) Aosta, IT
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Occupation	Bishop
Profession	priest

Styles of Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly
Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	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".

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.

External links

• Profile of Mons. Bailly www.catholic-hierarchy.org ^{[self-published]}
• Official Page of diocese of Aosta

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Philibert Milliet de Faverges C.R.L.	Bishop of Aosta 1659–1691	Succeeded by Alexandre Lambert de Soyrier