He was born in Apa??a (today in Bra??ov County, Romania) on June 10, 1625; the Ap??czai in his name is an indication of his birthplace.[1] The Csere family into which he was born were of the minor nobility,[1] but his parents died when he was young and he was brought up an orphan.[3] After college studies in Gyulafeh??rv??r (Alba Iulia), one of Csere's teachers there, Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld,