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Julia was the sister of [[Naito Joan]] 内藤如安 (or Tadatoshi) of Yagi 八木 Castle, and a noted Christian.  She was widowed at 22, and became a Buddhist nun.  About 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,  in Manila, where she and the other Japanese nuns lived a conventual life. She passed away away March 28, 1627 (1627/2/11).

Julia was the sister of [[Naito Joan]] 内藤如安 (or Tadatoshi) of Yagi 八木 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 (1627/2/11).