Complex sentence: Bede records that Archbishop Honorius and Bishop Felix much admired the work of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, and therefore it is likely that they were also appreciative of Saint Fursey, whose community continued to live according to the ascetic principles of Irish Christianity.
Split into simpler sentences: Bede records that Archbishop Honorius and Bishop Felix much admired the work of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne. Therefore it is likely that they also appreciated of Saint Fursey, whose community also lived according to the ascetic principles of Irish Christianity.