Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa muBrosteni, Caraș-Severin County, mudunhu reBanat, baba vake Ioachim vaive mupristi weRomania Orthodox; amai vake Calina ("née" Berceanu) vakafa neTB apo Simeon nemukoma 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 ezvinhu ezvematongerwe enyika akabvumira, akasundira kugadzirwa kwepepanhau remutauro weRomanian muTimișoara, achitenda kuti iyi ndiyo nzira yakanakisisa yekuronga vanhu vakanga vava vasina hanya mushure mekunge vabuda muRoma.
chimurenga cha1848. 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.