How long does it take to read Lives of the Saints?
Alban Butler, Herbert J. Thurston, Donald Attwater, Herbert Thurston
Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler, Herbert J. Thurston, Donald Attwater, Herbert Thurston takes about 7 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1894. 406 pages, about 111,650 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 52 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This edition of Butler's lives of saints features saints from many nations and backgrounds and includes new articles on recently canonized saints. The index offers the list of saints from the complete edition, and includes all new canonizations and new dates, making it the most up-to-date listing of saints available. Butler's lives of the saints remains a remarkable reference source and, through its comprehensive biographies, a valuable aid to devotion and a rich source of historical information.
Subjects: Biography, Christian saints, Catholic Church, Devotional calendars, Calendars, Saints
