Complex sentence: Philip Benizi was born on 15 August in the Florentine district of Oltrarno, the day the Blessed Virgin first appreared to the Seven Founders, and afterwards became the great propagator of the order of Servants of Mary (the Servites).
Split into simpler sentences: Philip Benizi was born on 15 August in the Florentine district of Oltrarno, the day the Blessed Virgin first appreared to the Seven Founders. He became the great propagator of the order of Servants of Mary (the Servites).