Constantinople, he was seized by Sultan Mohammed IV

and put into prison. The false prophet then embraced Islam, but the movement which he started lasted for many Sabbat i ans (sa-bā'tianz). A Nov at i an sect of the 4th century, followers of Sabbat i us, who adopted the Quartodeciman rule. Also Saba thians, Sabbathaists, Sabbath i ans. Sabbioneta (säb-be-ō-nā'tä). A town in the province of Mantua, Italy, 19 miles southwest of Mantua. It was the chief town of a former principality of Sabbioneta. Population (1881), commune, 7,102. Sabeans (sa-be'anz). 1. Members of some obscure tribes mentioned in the authorized ver sion of the Bible, and regarded as the descendants (a) of Seba, son of Cush; ( b ) of Seba, son of Raamah; or (c) of Sheba, son of Joktan. Also Sabæans .-2. The natives or inhabitants of that part of Arabia now called Yemen, the chief city of which was Saba. The Sabeans were extensive merchants of spices, perfumes, precious stones, etc., which they imported from India. Sabellians (sa-bel'i-anz). 1. A primitive Italian people which included the Sabines, Samnites, Lucanians, etc.-2. Followers of. Sabellius, a philosopher of the 3d century. Sabellianism arose out of an attempt to explain the doctrine of the Trinity on philosophical principles. It agrees with orthodox Trinitarian ism in denying the subordination of the Son to the Father, and in recognizing the divinity manifested in Christ as the absolute deity; it differs therefrom in denying the real personality of the Son, and in recognizing in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit not a real and eternal Trinity, but one only temporal and modalistic. According to Sabellianism, with the ce ation of the manifestation of Christ in time the Son also ceases to be the Son. It is nearly allied to Modalism. Sabellius (sa-bel'i-us). Lived at the end of the 2d and the beginning of the 3d century A. D. A Roman presbyter, founder of the Sabellians. He was excommunicated by Bishop Cal list us. Sabians (sā'bi-anz). See Mandæans. Sabina (sä-bē'nä), La. A mountainous region north-northeast of Rome. Sabina, Poppæa. See Poppæa Sabina . Sabine (sa-ben'). A river in eastern Texas, and on the boundary between Louisiana and Texas.