François Bailly was a French

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 mason

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, architect

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 and official who a was prominent citizen in Montreal

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Biography

Born in France, he came to Canada

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 in 1659 under contract with the Abbé Queylus. He formed partnerships first with Urbain Brossard then with Michel Bouvier. His most notable work was the Notre-Dame Church (Montreal)

Notre-Dame Church (Montreal)

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, built under the direction of François Dollier de Casson

François Dollier de Casson

François Dollier de Casson was born in France into a wealthy bourgeois and military family. He began his adult life in the army which he left after three years to continue his studies and become a priest....

, which was on a grander scale than the Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral

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 in Quebec City

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Bailly also held public offices. By 1663 Bailly had joined the Sainte-Famille

Sainte-Famille

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militia. In 1667 he was appointed a sergeant-royal and in 1676 a prison warden.