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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
