Complex sentence: He was born near Stavelot in Belgium in 1098, studied at the monastic schools at Stavelot and Liège and entered the Benedictine monastery at Waulsort near Namur in 1117.
Split into simpler sentences: He was born near Stavelot in Belgium in 1098. Soon after he studied at the monastic schools at Stavelot and Liège and entered the Benedictine monastery at Waulsort near Namur in 1117.