Sandys, George, an Oriental traveller, was the seventh and youngest son of archbishop Sandys, and was born at Bishopsthorpe in 1577. He entered St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, and travelled in the East from 1610 till 1612. In 1621 he succeeded his brotlier as co- lonial treasurer of Virginia, and while in that colony comjileted his translation of the Metamorphoses of Ovid. Returning to England in 1624, he was appointed a gen-
tleman of the king's privy chamber. He died at Bex- ley Abbey, Kent, tlie residence of his niece, Lady Mar- garet Wyatt, in 1644.
San Erdeni, in Lamaism, is one of the seven sa- cred objects which are placed before the idols in the temples of the Mongols, Kalmucks, and Thibetans. It represents a white elephant, an animal regarded with the utmost veneration by those peoples, insomuch that the loftiest title of the sovereigns of Birmah, China, and India (the former "Great Mogul") is "lord of the white elephant," and bloody wars have been waged to se- cure it as an exclusive right.— Vollmcr, WOrterb. d.My- thol. s. v.
Sanfoid, David, a Congregational minister, w\is born at New Milford, Conn., in 1737, and graduated at Yale College in 1755. He was ordained pastor of the Church at Medway.Mass., in 1773, which connection he retained until his death in 1810. He published, On the Nature and Constitution of the Lair yiven to Adam in Paradise : — On the Scene of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (Boston, 1810, 8vo).
Sanfoid, Hiram, a minister of the Methodist Epise<ipal Church, was born in Cheshire, Conn., Feb. 27, 1805. His parents removed to Homer, N. Y., while he was a child. While quite young, he professed con- version and united with the Church. After about eight years spent in teaching and studying in Buffalo, he joined the (iencsee Conference Oct. 14, 1835. He be- came supernumerary in 1851, and remained in this re- lation until 1854, when he was superannuated, and so continued until his death, which occurred in Phelps, May 16, 1865. Mr. Sanford was modest, verj' industri- ous, and faithful in every place he occupied. — Minutes of Annual Conf. 1865, p. 240.
Sanford, Joseph, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Vernon, Vt., Feb. 6, 1797. He became a communi- cant in the Church at the age of thirteen ; pursued part of his preparatory course at Granville, Washington Coun- ty, N. Y., and part at Ballston, Saratoga County, N. Y. ; graduated at Union College in 1820, and at Princeton Theological Seminary, N. J., in 1823; was licensed by the Presbytery of New York in April, 1823; was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Brooklvn, L. I., from 1823 till 1828, and" of the Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, from 1828 until his death, Dec. 25, 1831. Mr. Sanford's only fiublication was a Farewell Sermon, delivered at Brooklyn in 1829 (8vo). He was a model pastor and a most effective preacher. See Memoiis of .Joseph Sanford, by the Rev. Robert Baird (Phila. 18.36, 12mo); Sprague, Annals of the A mer. Pulpit, iv, 655; Allibone, Diet. Brit, and A mer. A uihors, s. v. (J. L. S.)
Sanga, a name given to the sacred jiilgrimage of Isje, a central province of Japan. In Isjc is the grand Mia, or temple of Teiisin-Dai.-Jtsiii, wliicli is the model after which all the other temples arc built. To this place the religious sect of the Sintoists requires each of its adherents to make a pilgrimage once a year, or at least once in tlieir life.
Sangallensis, Codex. See (Iall (St.) MS.
Sangarius (Sayyopiot), a river-god, is described as the son of Oceanus and Tethys, and as the father of Ilecube. The river Sangarius (in Phrygia) itself is saiil to have derived its name from one Sangas, who had of- fended lihea, and was punished by her by being changed into water. — Smith, Diet. Gr. and Pom. Mythol. s. v.
Sanger, Zedkkiah, D.D., a Unitarian Congrega- tional minister, was born at Sherburne, Mass., Oct. 4, 1748; entered Candiridge July, 1767, and graduated with high honors in 1771. His theological studies were pursued under the direction of Rev. Jason Haven, of Dedham. On July 3, 1776, he was ordained and in- stalled pastor of the church in Duxbury. He resigned his charge in April, 1786, on account of impaired eye- sight, and engaged in secular pursuits for two or three years. On Dec. 17, 1788, he was installed as the col-
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league of Rev. John Shaw, South Bridgewater, where he spent the rest of his days. He received the degree of D.D. from Brown University in 1807. He died, after a short ilhiess, Nov. 17, 1820. His published works are live Ordination Sermons (1792-1812). — Sprague, .1 h«((^' of t lie A iner. Pulpit, viii, 99.
Sangha, an assembly or chapter of Buddhist priests.
San-Gimignano, Yincenzo da, an Italian paint- er, was burn in Tuscany, and flourished during the ear- lier part of the IGth century. He was one of the pupils of HaphacI, who esteemed him very highly for the soft- ness of his coloring and the beautiful paintings in wax with which he ornamented the fa(>ades of several pal- aces. During the sack of Rome in 1527, Yincenzo fled to San-Gimignano, having lost almost all his works and •designs. He lived only a short time after this misfort- une. His works are very rare, one being in the Mu- seum at Dresden — a Madonna tvith the Infant Jesus and iSt. Jo/in. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v.