Though it is known that he was trained as a lawyer, very few specifics are known about Petion's early life, as he was virtually unknown prior to the French Revolution.
雖然知道他被訓練成為一名律師，佩蒂翁早年的生活沒有具體約資料，因此對他在法國大革命之前的訊息幾乎沒有。