Antoine Philibert Albert Bailly (1 March 1605 – 3 April 1691) was a
Savoy
Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps.
Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south.
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ard clergyman who was
bishop of Aosta
french: Diocèse d'Aoste
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from 1659 until his death.
Biography
Born in 1605 to Barthélémy Balli and Béatrix de Loziano, he studied with the
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
, where he became secretary of
Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy
Victor Amadeus I ( it, Vittorio Amedeo I di Savoia; 8 May 1587 – 7 October 1637) was the Duke of Savoy from 1630 to 1637. He was also known as the ''Lion of Susa''.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 /ref> stated that "the most important writer of Valdôtain 17th century literature is certainly Albert Bailly, bishop of Aosta".