GAMBERINI, ANTONIO DOMENICO. — Cardinal, b. at Imola on 31 Oct. 1750, d. at Rome on 25 Apr. 1841. He gained fame as a profound jurist; after serving as a study assistant to Abp. Acciaiuoli Torriglioli, auditor of the Rota, he became civil assessor of the legation of Romagna (1814), auditor of the Rota for the legation and province of Ferrara (1818), and as such was appointed relator of the Congregation of Ecclesiastical Immunity (1822).
Secretary of the Congregation of the Council and of the Residence of Bishops from 1823, he was appointed by Leo XII in 1825 as Bishop of Orvieto and created cardinal in the consistory of 15 Dec. 1828; Gregory XVI on 20 Feb. 1833 chose him for the new office of Secretary of State for Internal Affairs and prefect of the Special Health Congregation and of the Economic-Military Council. He was one of the principal collaborators of the pontificate of Gregory XVI and in every circumstance demonstrated prudence, moderation, and broad knowledge of the problems agitating the life of the States of the Church. In 1839 he opted for the suburbicarian see of Sabina and, in 1840, having resigned the Secretariat of State on account of advanced age, became prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of Grace.
Numerous publications remain from G., attesting to his profound learning and acuteness of mind. Among these are noted the Notarial Decisions, the Seminaries, and the recent Select Resolutions of the Sacred Congregation of the Council, the Collection of Papal Laws and Public Administration Dispositions, as well as the Homilies, Pastoral Letters, and Speeches on Monarchies.