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 described as being extremely curious. She became mutally attached to Leonardo Vetra when he visited her orphanage, as he would teach her things (like why rain fell) and she could make him laugh. When Leonardo announced his departure to work for CERN, he offered to adopt Vittoria so that they could stay together. 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 by the Hassasin when they try to get to the third cardinal. The Hassasin brings her to his Illuminati hideout where he plans to rape her. She is brought to Castle Saint'Angelo by the Hassasin, but Robert finds Vittoria bound to a divan and the Hassasin with his knife to her navel when he appears to rescue her. The Hassasin finally has Robert in his control, but Vittoria somehow manages to free herself from the ropes and takes a torch and burns one eye of the Hassasin, who falls from the Balcony and dies. When Robert miraculously returns to Vatican City after the Antimatter Detonation, she is overjoyed and they kiss passionately. In the end of book Vittoria and Robert have intimate relations, perhaps even having sex, 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.
