# Instituto Locus Mariologicus, llms.txt
# https://locusmariologicus.org/llms-txt/
# Updated: 2026-05-31
## About
Instituto Locus Mariologicus is an international research and higher education centre in Mariology,
founded in Rome by Prof. Dr. Daniel Cerqueira Afonso. It operates in Brazil under the
direction of Carolline Pereira Muniz (Directora Instituto Locus Mariologicus Brasil).
## Author / Principal Researcher
– Full name: Daniel Cerqueira Afonso
– Academic title: Prof. Dr.
– Specialisation: 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 (Roma)
– Member: Academia mariana Internacional Pontifícia (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
1. I Simpósio Internacional de Mariologia, 5-6 Aug 2022, Brazil
2. II Simpósio Internacional de Mariologia, Jul 2023, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
3. III Simpósio Internacional de Mariologia «Imaculada Conceição: 170 anos do dogma», 26-28 Jul 2024, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
4. IV Simpósio Internacional de Mariologia «A releitura da Mensagem de Fátima», 25-27 Jul 2025, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
5. V Simpósio Internacional de Mariologia «A Virgem Maria de Fátima, Mestra do nosso tempo», Jul 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/