Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muBrosteni, Caraș-Severin County, mudunhu reBanat, baba vake Ioachim aive mupristi weRomania Orthodox; amai vake Calina ("née" Berceanu) vakafa nechirwere chepfuva apo Simeon nemunin'ina wake vaive vadiki. Achitevera chikoro chepuraimari mumusha wake, akapinda chikoro chechipiri muOravița iri pedyo asati aenda kuSzeged, Lugoj neOradea. Akadzidza mutemo paRoyal University of Pest kubva muna 1852 kusvika muna 1855. Ari ikoko, akatanga kudzidza mitauro yechiRomance, zvikurukuru chiItaly nechiSpanish. Gare gare akaenda kuVršac ("Vârșeț"), kwaakatora dzidziso dzechitendero kubva muna 1856 kusvika muna 1858, pakurudziro yababa vake. Gare gare, zvidzidzo zvake zvechitendero zvaizobatsira mukutsvakurudza kwake miitiro yevanhu, uye akadzidzawo chiSerbia achiri mutaundi. Muna 1858, akatumidzwa gweta rehurumende muTimișoara uye mudzidzisi wemutauro wechiRomania uye zvinyorwa pachikoro chekurovedza muviri muguta rimwe chetero. Uyewo muna 1858, akaroora Ana Miletici, mwanasikana wemuridzi wenyika mukuru kubva kuOravița. Somudzidzisi, akabatanidzwa zvikuru mubasa retsika reRomania. Apo mamiriro ezvematongerwe enyika akabvumira, akasundira kugadzwa kwepepanhau remutauro wechiRomania muTimișoara, achitenda kuti iyi ndiyo nzira yakanakisisa yekuronga vanhu vakanga vava vasina hanya mushure mekushanduka kwe1848
. Muna 1861, akasarudzwa kuti ave mukuru mukuru wedunhu reJamu Mare nevhoti dzedunhu rake, uye akabata chinzvimbo ichi kwemakore masere. Muna 1868, akapasa bvunzo yebhawa; gore rakatevera, akasiya hurumende yehurumende ndokugara semugweta muOravița.