# Instituto Locus Mariologicus, llms.txt
Updated: 2026-05-31
## About
Instituto Locus Mariologicus is an international research and higher education center in Mariology, founded in Rome by Professor Dr. Daniel Cerqueira Afonso. It operates in Brazil under the direction of Carolline Pereira Muniz (Director, Instituto Locus Mariologicus Brasil).
## Author / Principal Researcher
– **Full Name:** Daniel Cerqueira Afonso
– **Academic Title:** Prof. Dr.
– **Specialization:** Mariology, Sacred Theology
– **PhD:** Faculdade Teológica Marianum, Roma (2017)
– Dissertation: *”Maria presso la Croce (Gv 19,25-27): Risonanze Balthasariane negli Scritti di A. von Speyr (1902-1967)”* (764 pp.), Supervisor: Prof. Luca M. Di Girolamo, OSM
– **Born:** 1985, Vila do Conde, Portugal
– **Role:** Founder and President of Instituto Locus Mariologicus (Rome)
– **Member:** Pontifical International Marian Academy (AMISM), since 2012
### External Academic Profiles
– **ORCID:** https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3420-1184
– **Google Scholar:** https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=N8luAEsAAAAJ
– **Wikidata:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138875079
– **Academia.edu (Marianum):** https://marianum.academia.edu/Afonso/CurriculumVitae
– **Author page (site):** https://locusmariologicus.org/prof-daniel-cerqueira-afonso/
– **Amazon Author:** https://www.amazon.com.br/stores/author/B082NWXG5M
## Published Books
1. *”Kekaritomene. Ano Mariológico 2022″*
ISBN: 978-8894625615
2. *”San Josè. Memória da Paternidade. Compêndio de Josefologia”*
ISBN: 978-8894625608
## Scholarly Articles
1. “A co-redenção mariana em Hans Urs von Balthasar”
Journal: Igreja e Missão, n.° 209 (2008)
2. “Elementos do itinerário mariológico antoniano: A Mariologia evocativa dos Sermões de António de Lisboa”
Journal: Lumen Veritatis (2015)
3. “Maria compagna feconda dell’evento pasquale nel pensiero di H. U. von Balthasar”
Journal: Theotokos (2017)
4. “Custodiva tutte queste cose, Adrienne von Speyr”
Journal: Marianum (2018)
## International Symposia Organised
# International Mariology Symposia
1. 1st International Mariology Symposium, August 5-6, 2022, Brazil
2. 2nd International Mariology Symposium, July 2023, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
3. 3rd International Mariology Symposium «Immaculate Conception: 170 years of the Dogma», July 26-28, 2024, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
4. 4th International Mariology Symposium «Re-reading the Message of Fátima», July 25-27, 2025, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
5. 5th International Mariology Symposium «The Virgin Mary of Fátima, Master of Our Time», July 2026, Fátima, Portugal (scheduled)
## Areas of Expertise
Mariology, Marian Theology, Apparitions of Our Lady (Fátima, Lourdes, Guadalupe, Medjugorje), Hans Urs von Balthasar, Adrienne von Speyr, Marian Patristics, Christian Spirituality, Marian dogmas (Immaculate Conception, Assumption, Divine Maternity), Mariology Liturgy, Eschatology, Angelology
## Site Content
– Blog: https://locusmariologicus.org/blog/
– Courses: https://locusmariologicus.org/cursos/
– Books/Publications: https://locusmariologicus.org/publicacoes/
– About: https://locusmariologicus.org/sobre/
– Author CV: https://locusmariologicus.org/prof-daniel-cerqueira-afonso/
## Contact
– Email: info@locusmariologicus.org
– Author email: danielafonso@locusmariologicus.org
– Website: https://locusmariologicus.org/