Complex sentence: Johannes Pistorius Woerdensis (Jan de Bakker), son of a sexton in Woerden, was a catholic priest and baker and the first preacher in the Northern Netherlands to be sentenced to death as a direct result of his religious beliefs.
Split into simpler sentences: Johannes Pistorius Woerdensis (Jan de Bakker), son of a sexton in Woerden, was a catholic priest and at some time employed as a baker. He became the first preacher in the Northern Netherlands to be martyred as a direct result of his religious beliefs.