Born to Jean and Napoléon LeBeau on 19 September 1878, he was initially raised by his father to become a priest in the Church of Columbia. This was met with dismay when Phil repetitively defied his parents and grew to have a very "rebellious" personality, to go as far as reject Christianity all together. His colleagues at Rossignol University would forever regard him as an avid supporter of republicanism and the reorganization of the Columbian government. With his majors in political science and literature, he would publish several books and documents calling for the abolition of the monarchy and the institution of a presidential system, similar to the United States.