 The cult of Goulven survived the Reformation and the French Revolution.He may have lost some of his status, but was retained in the calendars at Rennes and at Quimper, and he likewise retained the patronage of a number of places.Viking attacks in the area forced the monks of Saint-Melaine to move the body of their patron saint, Saint Melan, but they left Goulven's, which remained intact, in its coffin, until 1224, when the bishop of Rennes, , took off the head to place it in a separate reliquary.