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 GorrisDipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere - Rosanna Gorris stated that "the most important writer of Valdôtain 17th century literature is certainly Albert Bailly, bishop of Aosta".
