Complex sentence: According to the hagiographer Alban Butler, for example, Dorothea's parents were martyred before her by Diocletian, and a Roman governor, Sapiricius, called her to an audience and demanded that she take a husband.
Split into simpler sentences: According to the hagiographer Alban Butler, for example, Dorothea's parents were martyred before her. The Roman governor Sapiricius called her to an audience and demanded that she take a husband.