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Sidonius, Michael, a prelate of the Church of Runic who lii'tanu' iiotowurthy through his participation in many of tlic most important transactions connect- ed with tlie Keformatiou, hut wlioso family name was //<.7(/i//;/, was born in Baden in IJUtJ, studied at Tubin- gen, and entered the priesthood at Mayence, where he became cathedral preacher and rector of the cathedral school in 15iJl. In 1538 he was made suffragan to the archbishop of Mayence, and received from po|)c Paul III tlie title of bishop of Sidon in paitibas injideliuiii, wliicli gave him tlic name of Sidonius, by which he is commonly known. Tlie Tlieologieal Faculty of jMay- cnce conferred the degree of D.D. on him in 15-13, and afterwards he for a time represented the elector of May- ence ill the Council of Trent. In 1547 he was made imperial councillor by Charles Y. He took possession of the |)ulpit of the reformer jMusculus during the Diet of Augsburg, and from it preached a series of anti-Lu- theran sermons (/Sleulani de Statu Kel. etc. [Frankf. 178t;]). In 1548 he served with Jul. v. Ptlug, bishop of Xauniburg, and with Jcdi. Agricola, the court preach- er at Eisleben, on the commission which drew up the A tiysbii ri/ Interim (q. v.), after wliich he was sent by his arclibishop to promote the execution of the Interim at Frankfort. Prince George of Anhalt was at this time coadjutor of the bishopric of Merseburg, having been chosen by a majority of the canons; but the emperor tieclared against him and nominated Sidonius in his stead (Seckendorf, Comment, de Lutheranismo [Lips. 1094], lib. iii, c. 30, § 117, p. 497 S(i.), though the oppo- sition raised against the measure delayed his investiture until 1550. In that year Sidonius was present at the Diet of Augsburg, in 1556 at that of Kegensburg, in
1557 at the CoUoiiuy of Worms, where he contributed according to his ability to render reconciliation impos- sible by liis addresses, and by introducing at the sixth session a rejoinder to a declaration offiicts submitted bj- the Protestants, in wliich he not only defended the tra- ditional teachings and practice of Rome, but also as- serteil tliat the interpretation of ditlicult and contro- verted passages of Scripture belongs rightfully to the Romish (Jhurcli. The Romisii collocutors liually refused to coiiiinue the negotiations (Salig, \'<>//st. Hist. </. .1 (/^.v7>. Covf. [llalle, 1735J, iii, "iO-i sip). To the honors al- ready enjoyed by Sidonius was added by the emperor in
1558 the office of judge in chambers. lie died Sept. 30, ]5()1, at Vienna, and was buried in St. Stephen's Church. His writings include a Caterhismus Mor/unt. .?. Institut. ad CliriM. Pictati-m (freipiently reprinted and much con- troverted by Protestants): — the Slridani de .Statu Rel. already mentioned : — /Jecreta (Jonnl. d'eneral. .Moi/iinti- ni: — Instructio Vviitatornm, and h'xjdicatio I'ai-aphrast. Miss(e. See Ungchidd. Xdchrichtoi, 1715, p. 394 sq. ; 171(), p. 7 s(|. — Ilerzog, Re(d-Encykhp. s. v.
Siebelis, Caul (;ottfi{ii:i>, a (iermaii theologian, was born in 17(»9 at Naumburg. After he completed his philological studies lie was called in 1798 as conrec- tor to Zeiiz, and in 1804 as rector to Pautzen, where he died in 1843. He wrote. llixjiiitatiiHKX (^iiinrpie, quibus Osliuililiir in Vet. (Irirnirinn et Romanuniia JJoctrimi Relii/iiniiK or Miirvm I'lurima esse, qnm cum Christiana Cimseiitiatit (Lips. 1837) : — A dditamenta ad Dijtputatiimes Qiiinf/iie,(.-tc. (it)id. 1842) : — /)ie Ribel die beste Ginndla//e der Kindererzielinnt/ (Ziltaii, 1818). See Zucliold, Jiibl. Tlieol. ii, 122C; Reijensb. Coni'ersatioiutlex. s. v. (15. P.)
Siege (some fr>rm of lIS, tsur, to pre.is in a hostile manner). The Kgy()tiaii and Assyrian monuments de- pict all the operations of capturing a city (see Wilkin- son, A nr. Eijijpt. i, 387 stp ; Layard, Nineveh, ii, 281 sq.). See Wau.
Sienna, Coi-nc-ii, of (ConnJinm Senense), was held lir>t at Pavia. and subsecpiently tnnislated to Sienna (a central pnivince of Italy, in Tuscany), .lune 22. 1423. This council lasted till Feb. 2(1, 1424, and many sessions were held. Among the acts is a decree against the her- esies previously condemned at Constance, and against
all aiding and abetting the Wycliffites and Hussites. Indulgence was granted to their persecutors. The ques- tion of a reunion with the (ireek Church was also de- bated, and its further consideration postponed. It was determined that everything relating to the reformation of the Church should be referred to the council about to be held at Basle. See Mansi, xii, 3tJ5. — Landon, Man- ual of Councils, s. v.
Sieva, in Slavic mythology, was the goddess of love. She was the wife of Siebog, the patron of mar- riage, and was highly venerated by all lovers. The re- ports sometimes mentioned concerning beautiful paint- ings in which the Wendish artists had represented this deity are fabulous.
Sieve (n"i22, helai-ah, Amos is, 9 ; nE3, naphuh, a w-innowingy«H, Isa. xxx, 28; to "sift" is 513, nua, or 7)13, to xcave [as often rendered], or throw up into the air for winnowing; aiviaZoi, Luke xxii, 31). Among the ancient Egyptians sieves were often made of string, but some of an inferior quality, and for coarse work, were constructed of small thin rushes or reeds (very similar to those used by tlie Egyptians for writing, and frequently foiuid in the tablets of the scribes); a speci- men of which kind of sieve is in the Paris Museum. The paintings also represent them made of the same materials; and the first they used were evidently of this humble quality, since the hieroglyphic indicating a sieve is borrowed from them. Horse-hair sieves are ascribed by Pliny to the Gauls; the Spaniards, he says, made them of string, and the Egyptians of papyrus stalks and rushes. See Wilkinson, .4 nc. Eyypt. ii, 95.