[5] The medieval chronicler Bede records that sometime after the mission arrived in England,[6] probably in late 600,[3] Peter, along with fellow-missionary Laurence, was sent back to Gregory.
[7] Peter drowned while crossing the English Channel on the way to Gaul,[8] at a place called Ambleteuse, near Boulogne.
[3] At first he was buried hastily nearby, but Bede reports that after a light illuminated the grave every night, the locals realised Peter was a saint and exhumed him and re-interred him in Boulogne.
[3] This information, however, is contradicted by the fact that Peter was present at the Council of Paris in 614, convened by Chlothar II.
[2] A Vita Petri, or Life of Peter, written by Eadmer in the 12th century, exists in manuscript form, but it is unreliable.