# Festival of the Supreme Being (1794)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1794-festival-of-the-supreme-being
Location: Paris

Robespierre promoted a civic religion intended to replace militant atheism. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is National Convention (Collective head of the French Republic). Festival of the Supreme Being mattered because religion was closely tied to political legitimacy, community identity and public institutions. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Festival of the Supreme Being mattered because religion was closely tied to political legitimacy, community identity and public institutions.

Ruler at the time: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Festival of the Supreme Being](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Festival+of+the+Supreme+Being&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Festival of the Supreme Being](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Festival+of+the+Supreme+Being)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)