the Persian Gulf, where are those of Raamah, the next before him in the order of the Cushites. See Deuan ; Raamah; Siikba. He has not been identified with anj' Arabic place or district, nor satisfactorily with any name given by classical writers. Bochart (who is fol- lowed by Bunsen, Jxibelwerl; Gen. x, and Atlas) argues that he should be placed in Carmania, on the Persian shore of the gulf, comparing Sabtechah with the city of Samijdace of Steph. Byz. (YafxiSc'tKi] or 'EafivKaSri of Ptolemy, vi, 8, 7). This etymology appears to be very far-fetched. Gesenius {Thesaur. p. y3G) merely says that Sabtechah is the proper name of a district of Ethio- pia, and adds the reading of the Targ. Pseudo-Jonathan (^X53T, Zinffitaniy (Smith). In confirmation of this latter view the name Sabatoh has been discovered on the Egyptian monuments (Kosellini, Jlonuin. ii, 198).
Sab'techali (Gen. x, 7). See Sabteciia.
Sabureaiis, a class of doctors among the modern Jews, who weakened the authority of the Talmud by their doubts and conjectures. They were sometimes termed Opinionists. It is said that rabbi Josi was the founder of the sect about twenty-four years before the Talmud was finished. He had some celebrated succes- sors who became heads of the academies of Sora and Pumdebitha. But as these two famous academies were shut up Uy order of the king of Persia, the sect of the Sabureans became extinct about seventy-four years af- ter its establishment. — Gardner, Faiths of the World, s. V.
Saceea, a festival observed by the ancient Persians and Babylonians in commemoration of a victory gained over the Sa«e, a people of Scythia. It lasted five days, and resembled in its mode of observance the Ro- man saturnalia (q. v.). — Gardner, Faiths of the Wui-ld, a. V.
Sa'car (Heb. Sacar', "I3'i?, hire, as often; Sept. 2ax;«p V. r. 'A^np, and 2«xt"P i'^ 1 Chron. xxvi, 4), the name of two Israelites.
1. The father of Abiam, one of David's mighty men ; he is called a Hararite (1 Chron. xi, 35), and is the same man called Siiaijaii (q. v.) in 2 Sam. xxiii, 33. B.C. ante 1020. See Uavip.
2. The fourth named of the eight sons of Obed-Edom (1 Chron. xxvi, 4). B.C. cir. 1012.
Sacchi, Andrea, an Italian painter, was born at Rome in 1598. From his lather, a mediocre artist, he received his first ideas of art, and by studying the works of Albani he became one of the best artists of the Ro- man school. His works show great care in execution, though they have been criticised by Raphael Mengs as lacking in detail. In the Vatican are four of his paint- ings, which are reproduced in jMosaic in the crypt of St. Peter's. Among his best paintings are the Miracle of St. Gregory the Great, Noah and his Sons, and portraits of Albani and of the artist himself. He died in IGGl. His tomb is in the church of St. John Lateran at Rome. — Hoefer, Xoui: Biog. Generale, s. v.
Sacchini, Francesco, an Italian historian, was born in 1570 at Paciono, near Perugia. In 1G88 he joined the Order of Jesuits, and taught in Rome. He was for seven years the secretary of Vitelleschi, general of his order. His writings were principally historical, as Ilistoria Soc. Jesii (5 vols. fol. ; the last three of these Avere published after his death). He also pub- lished a volume of sermons, and an Italian translation of the life of Paulin de Nole, by Rosweyde. He died at Rome Dec. IG, 1G25.— Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v.
Saccophori (sack-carriers), a name of a small party of professing penitents in the 4th century, who went about always dressed in the coarse apparel which their name implies. They appear to have been a sub- division of the Encratites— those, namely, who thought fit to make an outward profession of their rule. St. Bas^il puts together the Encratites, Saccophori, and Apotactics
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as an offshoot of the Marcionites (Basil, Can. Episl. ii, can. 47). Theodosius made a decree, which was re- newed by Honoruis, that some of the iManichreans, who went bv the name of Encratitcs, Sacoophori, or Hydro- parastat;!?, shouUl be punished with death (Cod. Theud. lib. xvi, tit. 5, " De Ilajret." leg. ix).
Both the Marcionites and the Manichreans held the doctrine of Two Principles ; and it is no wonder that the Encratites are referred now to one, now to the other of these sects. But their true origin appears to be from the former. St. Basil's Canon is one relating to the bap- tism of these sects.— Blunt, Did. of Sects, s. v. See En- cratites.
Saccus {<7aKKoQ), a tight sleeveless habit worn by Greek patriarchs and metropolitans.
Sacellanus, The Grand, an oiRcer in the Greek Church, whose title denotes '• head-master of the chapel." He exercises inspection over monasteries and nunneries, presents all candidates for ordination to the patriarch or his deputy, and assists the patriarch in the performance of several of the ceremonies of the Church, and in the administration of his judicial functions. — Eadie, Eccles. Cijclop. s. V.
Sacellius (Gr. aaictWdpiog), a lay officer of the early Church, acting in the capacity of treasurer, as l-iByaQ aaKeWdpioc, treasurer of the cloisters. See Coleman, Christian Antiquities, p. 129.
Sacellvtm, a sacred enclosure among the ancient Eomans, which was dedicated to a god, and containing an altar and a statue of the deit}'.