Vittoria Vetra

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Vittoria Vetra is a fictional character in the 2000 novel Angels and Demons. Vittoria is the adopted daughter of Leonardo Vetra. Vittoria is a scientist working at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Vittoria was an orphan who was later adopted by Leonardo before his departure to work for CERN. Vittoria agreed to come with him and later became a marine biologist and a physicist. Vittoria later gave an idea to her father create antimatter. She figures prominently into Angels and Demons as Robert Langdon's accomplice. Vittoria helps Robert locate kidnapped cardinals throughout the course of the book. She is kidnapped when they try to get to the third cardinal by the Hassasin. The Hassasin brings her to his Illuminati hideout where he plans to rape her. Robert finds Vittoria bound to a divan and the Hassasin with his knife in her navel when he appears to rescue her. Together they kill the Hassasin. Later, when Robert is believed to be dead, Vittoria falls into pits of despair. When Robert miraculously returns to Vatican City after his supposed death, she is overjoyed and they kiss. In the end of book, it is implied that Vittoria and Robert have intimate relations, but no details are given. In The Da Vinci Code, it is mentioned that Robert and Vittoria had planned to meet each other at a different romantic location every six months, but that Robert had not seen her since they departed from Rome. It is implied that the relationship did not last very long, even though Robert had dreams in which Vittoria called Robert her husband.

Preceded by Susan Fletcher

Dan Brown Female lead Angels and Demons

Succeeded by Rachel Sexton