 The ideological fervor of the troops and their leaders stimulated local rebellions in Liguria against the governing aristocracy.In June 1797 a civil war broke out in Genoa, which, under the inspiration of General Napoleon Bonaparte, led to the establishment of the Ligurian Republic, of which Albenga became a member.The religious policies of the Ligurian Republic were those of the French Republic, with regard to the reorganization of religion as an organ of the State.