This is a stoup (un bénitier). It is in marble and it is one of the stoups in Saint-Roch Church. As I probably already mentioned, Saint Roch is the patron saint of Montpellier.
Can you see what there is in the stoup ? There is a frog (une grenouille) in it. The frog is in white marble. On August 16th, during the procession, a priest talked about the reason why there is a frog in the stoup. I have forgotten what he said but I will ask M. Lopez. He knows everything about Montpellier.
Do you know how we call "churchy old people" in French ? We call them "grenouilles de bénitier" (literally stoup frogs). Our grenouilles de bénitier are not necessarily old!
