User blog comment:Vinnypestana/The World, Joestars Stands Theory/@comment-31528659-20181107020621/@comment-37571822-20181120162938

That's correct, Pucci wasn't a preist yet, but rather one of his ship mates. The reason for Araki scrapping it was because he would have to add every ability, making it brokenly OP. Another theory of why Dio had Hermit Purple, was because In the Joestar bloodline, they all had vine stands, meaning they had the possiblity for two stands. Also RIP Hamon ;-;