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Saint Goulven was born in the area ca. 600; his parents had fled from Great Britain. He helped the Count of Leon against the Normans through prayers and received a piece of land for his feats, on which he built a church. The present gothic church was built from the 14th to the 17th centuries. The large steeple testifies of the huge following of the cult of Saint Goulven before the 18th century Revolution. It took 45 years for just a few workers to build the 58m steeple in the early 17th century.