Monastero di San Clemente, Religious monastery in Prato, Italy.

Monastero di San Clemente is a cloistered monastery on Via San Vincenzo in Prato. Its public church keeps a sixteenth-century structure with seventeenth-century altars: the main one holds a Sacra conversazione of about 1535 by Fra' Paolino, the side altars a San Clemente of about 1520 and an eighteenth-century Madonna del Rosario copied from a Roman altarpiece by Giovan Francesco Romanelli. The monastic choir, rebuilt after the 1583 collapse, has a cloister vault and tall walnut stalls by Giovan Battista Ronchini (1589).

The monastery was founded in 1515 by thirteen Benedictine nuns from San Michele and joined the Dominican order in 1520. A century later, in 1785, it was transformed into a Conservatory for girls, fundamentally changing its purpose and function.

The name recalls Pope Clement I, to whom the church is dedicated. The high altar holds Fra' Paolino's Sacred Conversation of about 1535; the side altars carry a San Clemente of about 1520 and an eighteenth-century Madonna del Rosario copied from a Roman altarpiece by Giovan Francesco Romanelli. In the choir, rebuilt after the 1583 collapse, hang a San Michele e San Benedetto by Alessandro Rosi (about 1665) and an Annunciation close to the Vignali.

Access to the monastery is restricted to certain areas, and public visits are only possible during designated times throughout the year. It is advisable to check in advance when visits are permitted to avoid disappointment.

The former refectory now serves as a small theater and preserves a large fresco by Alessio Gimignani depicting the Wedding at Cana from 1598. This unexpected use combines religious history with artistic heritage in a surprising way.