Antoine-François Momoro

Antoine-François Momoro (Besançon, 1756-Paris, March 24, 1794) was a printer and politician of the French Revolution, of the Hebertist movement. He died guillotined in Paris in 1794.

Antoine-François Momoro was a descendant of an old Spanish family who settled in Franche-Comté. He settles in Paris as a printer. Since 1789 he became enthusiastic about revolutionary ideas and obtained the concession for the typographical works of the Paris Commune, he called himself: first printer of freedom .

He was one of the most influential members of the Cordeliers club, and appears as one of the most important leaders of the day of August 17, 1791 on the Champ de Mars, which cost him an arrest. He left prison with the halo of a martyr.

He also participated in the events of August 10, 1792. Later he was appointed member of the new directory of the Paris department, in which he was in charge of organizing public celebrations.

In 1791 he devised the motto of "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" and proposed to Nicolás Pache to inscribe it on all the facades of public buildings, which was done.

He contributed to the fall of the Girondins and fought, discreetly, for the distribution of wealth, which caused Robespierre to accuse him of being a supporter of the agrarian law.

He was one of the promoters of the cult of Reason. His wife, Sophie Fournier, personified the goddess of Reason at one of the parties.

He was guillotined on March 24, 1794 with the Hebertists.