SANDOVAL, Alfonso de, Peruvian philanthropist, born in Seville, Spain; died in Carthagena, Spanish America, 25 December, 1652. He went to South America when a boy, was educated by the Jesuits of Lima, joined their order, and devoted himself to the care of the slaves, among whom he spent the rest of his life. The object of most of his writings was to advance the temporal and spiritual welfare of the negroes. His principM works are "Naturaleza sagrada y profana, costumbres, ritos, disciplina, y catecismo evang61ico de todos los Ethiopes" (Seville, 1627);" Vida de S. Francisco Xavier y lo que obraron los PP. de la compafiia de Jesus en la India" (1619) ; and "De Instam'anda Aethiopum Salute " (Madrid, 1646).