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Julia was the sister of [[Naito Joan]] (or Tadatoshi) of [[Yagi castle]], and a noted Christian.  She was widowed at 22, and became a Buddhist nun.  Around 1595 she became a Christian and took the name "Julia". (Her brother had been baptized in 1565.) She was a part of the missionary work centered in Kyoto, interacting with the wives and consorts of many Daimyo, converting [[Ukita Hideie|Ukita Hideie's]] wife and others to Christianity. In 1606 she organized a nunery referred to as the "Beatas of Miyako (i.e. Kyoto)". At the beginning of 1614 at the start of the general persecution of Christianity by the bakufu, she and 8 other nuns were tied up in sacks and carried around the city, then left on the ground for a while.  At the end of the year they were sent out of the country along with most of the Christian clergy, both Japanese and foreign, and her brother Joan and [[Takayama Ukon]] and their families.  She spent the remainder of her life in Manila, where she and the other Japanese nuns lived a conventual life. She passed away away March 28, 1627 (2nd month, 11th day, 1627).

Julia was the sister of [[Naito Joan]] (or Tadatoshi) of [[Yagi castle]], and a noted Christian.  She was widowed at 22, and became a Buddhist nun.  Around 1595 she became a Christian and took the name "Julia". (Her brother [[Naito Joan|Joan]] had been baptized in 1565.) She was a part of the missionary work centered in Kyoto, interacting with the wives and consorts of many Daimyo, converting [[Ukita Hideie|Ukita Hideie's]] wife and others to Christianity. In 1606 she organized a nunery referred to as the "Beatas of Miyako (i.e. Kyoto)". At the beginning of 1614 at the start of the general persecution of Christianity by the bakufu, she and 8 other nuns were tied up in sacks and carried around the city, then left on the ground for a while.  At the end of the year they were sent out of the country along with most of the Christian clergy, both Japanese and foreign, and her brother Joan and [[Takayama Ukon]] and their families.  She spent the remainder of her life in Manila, where she and the other Japanese nuns lived a conventual life. She passed away away March 28, 1627 (2nd month, 11th day, 1627).

 

==References==

==References==

* [[Sengoku Jinmei Jiten]]

* [[Sengoku Jinmei Jiten]]

* 日本キリスト教歴史大事典 (Large Dictionary of Japanese Christian History)、教文館, 1988.

* 日本キリスト教歴史大事典 (Large Dictionary of Japanese Christian History)、教文館, 1988.

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