By the time of Saint Bede, in the eighth century, the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Church, called the Roman Canon, had been settled and was not edited anymore. It has survived until today, presented in our books today as Eucharistic Prayer I. Bede tells in the very beginning of the second book of his Ecclesiastical history of the English people how the holy pope Saint Gregory I (called the Great) made at least one addition to the venerable prayer that sits at the centre of Mass.
Therefore, Lord, we pray: graciously accept this oblation of our service, that of your whole family; order our days in your peace, and command that we be delivered from eternal damnation and counted among the flock of those you have chosen. Through Christ our Lord, Amen. [source]
The above is the portion of the Canon that Bede talks about. The highlighted bits are Gregory's additions. It's nice to note these things. Gregory, of course, is the force behind the evangelisation of these countries, which he carefully followed, as did his successors, throughout the time of the first archbishops of Canterbury.
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