His style of preaching was blunt, sometimes coarse,[1] witty and satirical,[2][3] influenced by the school of Bernardino of Siena.
[4] He criticized bankers for charging exorbitant interest,[2] accused Louis XI of cruelty, and espoused the cause of Jeanne de Valois.
Maillard confirmed Charles VIII of France in his plan of restoring Roussillon and Cerdagne to Aragon.
Pope Innocent VIII asked Maillard in 1488 to use his best endeavours with the French king for abolishing the Pragmatic Sanction.
As miracles soon were reported at his grave, the General Chapter of Barcelona in 1508 ordered that his remains should be translated to a chapel built specially for them, where for some time he enjoyed a certain amount of public veneration.