He was born at Caltanisetta in Sicily, and entered the Society of Jesus when fifteen years old; there he became distinguished for a talent for teaching.
Though severe towards himself, Tamburini, when deciding cases of conscience for others, was inclined to follow the milder views which he found reputable authors declaring probable.
Alphonsus Liguori in his "Theologia Moralis" wrote: "Let us add a word about this author [Tamburino], who is not estimated by many at his full value.
But when Tamburini establishes his own opinions, he shows that he is a thorough theologian and solves the questions by reducing them to their last principles.
Competent judges will find that the opinions which he then sets down as the more tenable are in the majority of cases the more correct".