' s ▁copy ▁appears ▁to ▁derive ▁not ▁from ▁a ▁Can ter bury ▁file ▁copy ▁but ▁rather ▁from ▁a ▁Cont inental ▁canon ▁law ▁collection . ▁This ▁would ▁be ▁strange ▁had ▁the ▁letter ▁arrived ▁in ▁Can ter bury ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁place . ▁A ▁document ▁as ▁important ▁to ▁the ▁fled g ling ▁mission ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Can ter bury ▁church ▁as ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁protected ▁and ▁preserved ▁quite ▁carefully ▁by ▁Can ter bury ▁scri bes ; ▁yet ▁this ▁seems ▁not ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁case . ▁Mey va ert ▁therefore ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁way la id ▁on ▁its ▁journey ▁north ▁from ▁Rome ▁in ▁ 6 0 1 , ▁and ▁only ▁later ▁arrived ▁in ▁England , ▁long ▁after ▁August ine ' s ▁death . ▁This ▁hypothesis ▁is ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁surv iving ▁manuscript ▁and ▁text ual ▁evidence , ▁which ▁strongly ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁circul ated ▁widely ▁on ▁the ▁Cont inent ▁for ▁perhaps ▁nearly ▁a ▁century ▁before ▁finally ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁England ▁( see ▁below ). ▁Still , ▁the ▁exact ▁time , ▁place , ▁and ▁vector ▁by ▁which ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁arrived ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁fell ▁into ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁B ede ▁( and ▁th ence ▁his ▁Historia ▁E cc les iast ica ) ▁is ▁still ▁far ▁from ▁certain , ▁and ▁sch ol ars ▁continue ▁to ▁explore ▁these ▁questions . ▁ ▁Title ▁ ▁Gregory ▁does ▁not ▁appear ▁to ▁have ▁provided ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁with ▁a ▁title .