Cult of the Supreme Being

Cult of the Supreme Being
Culte de l'Être suprême
"The French people recognize the Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul" (1794 print)
Classification	Deism
Region	France
Language	French
Founder	Maximilien Robespierre
Origin	7 May 1794 (1794-05-07)
Defunct	28 July 1794 (1794-07-28)

The Cult of the Supreme Being (French: Culte de l'Être suprême)^{[note 1]} was a form of theocratic deism established by Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution as the intended state religion of France and a replacement for its rival, the Cult of Reason, and of Roman Catholicism. It went unsupported after the fall of Robespierre and, along with the Cult of Reason, was officially banned by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802.
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