Simeon Mangiuca (September 2, 1831 – December 4 [O.S. November 22] 1890) was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian folklorist. Born in Broșteni, Caraș-Severin County, in the Banat region, his father Ioachim was a Romanian Orthodox priest; his mother Calina (née Berceanu) died of tuberculosis when Simeon and his brother were young. Following primary school in his native village, he attended secondary school in nearby Oravița before going on to Szeged, Lugoj and Oradea. He studied law at the Royal University of Pest from 1852 to 1855. While there, he began learning the Romance languages, particularly Italian and Spanish. He subsequently went to Vršac (Vârșeț), where he took theology from 1856 to 1858, upon his father's insistence. Later, his theological studies would be useful in his research