the underground Church, the aspect of the Revolution that most affected him was the suppression of the Church.

Moreau was able to receive a good primary education by the generosity of his parish priest Abbé Julian Le Provost who tutored him. In 1814 Provost made arrangements for Moreau to enter the minor seminary at Chateau Gontier (today the Lycée Victor-Hugo ). In 1816 Moreau entered the diocesan seminary in Le Mans