Complex sentence: Damião was born in Santo Amaro de Ipitanga, a former district of Salvador, Bahia which is now the city of Lauro de Freitas, on September 27,1935--even though this exact date was never confirmed by him.
Split into simpler sentences: Damião was born in Santo Amaro de Ipitanga, a former district of Salvador, Bahia which is now the city of Lauro de Freitas. Even though many sources state that his birth date was on September 27,1935, this was never confirmed by him.