Poncio+Vicario


 * < Poncio Vicario ||< Role in Novel ||< Name Meaning ||
 * <  ||< He is Angela's father and he was a goldsmith. He used to work until the fine working made him go blind. He dies shortly after his twin sons are sent to prison. ||< **Poncio**: Spanish form of Pontius as in Pontius Pilate from the biblical times. He is most known for his role in the crucifixion of Jesus and how he did not encourage the mob of people wanting to kill Jesus, but when they insisted he turned a "blind eye" and let them continue without taking responsibility.
 * Vicario** Italian and Spanish: status name for an official who carried out duties on behalf of an absentee office-holder or who deputized for a magistrate. In ecclesiastical usage, the word became specialized to denote a priest who carried out duties in a parish on behalf of a bishop ||