padrino

Padrino, from late Latin patrinus, is the male sponsor who presents the child at baptism (battesimo) or confirmation (cresima) and promises to help in its religious upbringing. The woman in the same role is the madrina. The plural padrini can mean godfathers or both godparents together. An old spelling is patrino.

Padrino also means a second in a duel, and in modern speech a mafia boss, but in a baptism entry it is simply the sponsor. Figlioccio is the godchild.