Antoine-François Momoro

Antoine-François Momoro (Besancon in 1756 - Paris, March 24th 1794) was a Imprimeur, Libraire and revolutionary Politician and French. Important figure of the Club of Cordeliers and the hebertism, one allots to him the paternity of the currency of the French Republic, “ Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité ”.

“First printer of Freedom”

Resulting from an old Spanish family of Franche-Comté, Antoine-François Momoro settles in Paris in the years 1780. Before the French revolution bursts, Momoro is a bookseller as there are some much in the capital. It nevertheless already published various works including one elementary Traité of printing works, or the handbook of the printer , published in 1787, popularizing work which will be a long time a reference in printing works. The release of the French revolution and the declaration of Freedom of the press in August 1789, which sees exploding the publication, will change its destiny.

At the beginning of the Revolution, Momoro buys several Presse S, opens a printing works with the n° 171 of the Rue of the Toothing-stone and launches out in the policy putting its competences at the service of the novel ideas. It however remains circumspect in its first engagements as testifies some, in June 1789, its refusal to publish initially Free France of Camille Desmoulins. It obtains the exclusive concession of work of typography and printing works of the Commune of Paris and becomes secretary of the Société of the human rights , which will become by after the Club of Cordeliers , of which it publishes the newspaper and becomes one of the most listened speakers.

One thus finds Momoro among the leaders of the signatories of the antimonarchic petition which will give place to the Fusillade of Field-of-March, event which will finish consuming the scission between moderate and extremists. Following this business which is worth to him to be imprisoned until September 1791, Momoro takes again its activity of printer under the title car-proclaimed of “ first printer of national Freedom ”, publishing in particular the Father Duchesne of Hébert.

Toughening

Member of the Section of the Th3e4atre Fran1cais, it writes and signs in June 1792, with Danton and Chaumette, a declaration which removes the distinction between passive and active citizens in the section then actively takes share with the insurrection of the August 10th, 1792. It lines up side of the mad gradually rather than of most moderate the Indulgents. He is elected by his section with the Directoire of the department of Paris and at this point in time he makes enter with the mayor Pache the currency Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité on the frontages of the public edifices. After a mission of recruitment in the Apple-brandy and the Eure, it goes back to Paris where it is named with the presidency of the Section of the Th3e4atre Fran1cais.

It takes an active share with the Déchristianisation and it is his wife, Sophie Momoro (born Fournier), who incarnates the goddess of the Reason at the time of the first Fête of Freedom and the Reason of the 20 brumaire of the An II at the conclusion which the Commune issues the closing of all the churches.

It is sent in the Vendée, in May 1793 where it second Charles Philippe Ronsin with the seat of the staff with Saumur, in a mission to ensure the supply the armies. Of return to Paris, in a length “ Rapport sweats the policy of the Vendée made at the committee of Public Hello ”, it explains the reasons of the failure of the strategy of Ronsin in the Vendée and defends the general Rossignol, contributing to its rehabilitation.

When Marat is assassinated in July 1793, Momoro aspires to succeed to him as champion of the cause of the people. He persuades Cordeliers to continue the publication of the Ami of the People under his crook.

The fall

After having worked with the fall of the Of Gironde in the fight which opposes the commune to convention, it takes part in the attacks against Danton, Robespierre, which it shows of “moderantism”, and the Comité of Public Hello. The committee pushed by a report/ratio of Saint-Just to Convention denouncing the " plot of the étranger" warped by the Lenient ones and Exaggerated, the arrest of Hébertistes decides on March 13rd, 1794. March 24th, at the time of its judgment by the revolutionary tribunal, Momoro exclaims: “ One shows me, me which very gave for the Revolution! ”. It is guillotine the following day, 4 germinal of year II at six o'clock in the evening in company of the other hebertists.

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