After being imprisoned in Riom and then Clairvaux, Maurras was released in March 1952 to enter hospital. He was supported by Henry Bordeaux, who repeatedly asked the President of the Republic, Vincent Auriol, to pardon Maurras. Although weakened, Maurras collaborated with "Aspects de la France", which had replaced the outlawed review "Action Française" in 1947. He was transferred to a clinic in Tours, where he soon died. In his last days he readopted the Catholic faith of his childhood and received the last rites.