Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I whanau i Lipova, Arad County, i te rohe o Banat, ko tona papa ko Ion Marian he kaihokohoko, ko tona whaea ko Persida ("née" Șandor) no Nădlac. I muri i tana whakaotinga i te kura tuatahi o te reo Romanian i tona taone i te tau 1842, ka uru ia ki te whare hākinakina o Minorite o Arad. I oti i a ia nga reanga e ono i reira, i aukati i ana akoranga mo te tau kotahi na te hurihanga o te 1848
He aha? I haere ia ki te reanga tuawhitu i Timișoara me te tau whakamutunga i Pest, i mua i tana urunga ki te whare wananga ture o te Whare Wananga o Pest. I a ia e noho ana i te taone nui, he maha nga wa i toro atu ia ki a Emanoil Gojdu. I ako ia i reira mo nga tau e toru i mua i tana whakawhitinga ki te Whare Wānanga o Vienna, i puta ai ia i te tau 1856. I whiwhi ia i te tohu tohungatanga i te tau 1861 ka noho ki Lugoj, e mahi ana hei kaitautoko. I te tau e whai ake nei, ka riro ia hei kaiwhakaatu, i tohu i te timatanga o tana mahi i roto i te mahi whakawa; i mahi ia i te taone tae noa ki te 1869. He kaha ki roto i te Romanian Orthodox Church, i mahi ia ki te Diocese o Arad i roto i te mana o te tangata.