Complex sentence: Matthæus Yrsselius or Irsselius, the Latinized form of Mattheus van Iersel (1541--1629), was abbot of St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp from 1614 until his death and was remembered as a patron of the arts and sciences.
Split into simpler sentences: Matthæus Yrsselius or Irsselius, the Latinized form of Mattheus van Iersel (1541--1629), was abbot of St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp from 1614 until his death. He was remembered as a patron of the arts and sciences.