 He continued to be venerated in various parts of Brittany, most notably in the small commune of Goulven and other communes nearby in the "Pays de Léon", the very western part of Finistère.According to his "vita", collected by Albert Le Grand in the 1637 "Lives of the Saints of Armorial Bretaigne", Saint Goulven was the son of immigrants from the British Isles who landed in 540 at Plouider.His father, Glaudan, and his pregnant mother, Gologuenn, landed in Plounéour-Trez Cove (also called Goulven Cove) in Brengorut when night fell; a local farmer, who saw they were poor and in need, refused them lodging.