He was exiled to Italy and permanently settled in the United States in the 1930s, acquiring US citizenship and agreeing to end his political involvement. He spent the rest of his life as an academician, religious leader, and writer.

Background

Fan Noli was born Theofanis Stylianos Mavromatis 1882 in Ibriktepe, a small village situated in the Thracian Ottoman Vilayet of Adrianople (modern Turkey)

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