Plautilla Nelli: A Renaissance Nun-Artist Born: Florence, Italy (1524) Died: 1588 Early Life and Religious Vocation Pulisena Margherita Nelli was born into a wealthy family in Florence. Her father, Piero di Luca Nelli, was a successful fabric merchant. At the age of fourteen, she became a nun at the Dominican convent of Santa Caterina da Siena, taking on the name Suor Plautilla. The convent was managed by the Dominican fria…