diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 66af372406c6148eeaacd23a563eb5e3f07c2a5d..0d1b46da02d181704370cfd645ce99104ee3ee2a 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ params:
         link: true
     single:
       backlinks: false
+      truncate_description: 200
   posts:
     default_image: false
     date_format: ":date_long"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/persons/person.html b/layouts/partials/persons/person.html
index 1f4032958c29615b3a35320c5dd9b25cfb3c10de..44165bd7ee97ff0b46b761a816f751a6bd1812e0 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/persons/person.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/persons/person.html
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@
         </a>
       {{ end }}
     {{ $heading_tag.close }}
-    {{ if and $options.summary (or $role $person.Params.summary) }}
+    {{ if and $options.summary (or $person.Params.biography $role $person.Params.summary) }}
       <p itemprop="jobTitle">
         {{ if (partial "GetTextFromHTML" $role) }}
           {{ partial "PrepareHTML" $role }}
+        {{ else if (partial "GetTextFromHTML" $person.Params.biography) }}
+          {{ partial "GetTruncateContent" ( dict 
+              "text" $person.Params.biography
+              "length" site.Params.persons.single.truncate_description
+          )}}
         {{ else if partial "GetTextFromHTML" $person.Params.summary }}
           {{ partial "PrepareHTML" $person.Params.summary }}
         {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/persons/single.html b/layouts/persons/single.html
index b00e04dcecf99d648eab7fbc797ddb15a1c04dea..e28c4d932f93386b483fdafd61bdcc984a29d21f 100644
--- a/layouts/persons/single.html
+++ b/layouts/persons/single.html
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
       {{ end }}
 
       <div class="informations">
-        {{ if .Content }}
+        {{ if .Params.biography }}
           <div class="biography">
             {{ partial "persons/summary.html" (dict
               "context" .
             ) }}
-            {{ if (partial "GetTextFromHTML" .Content) }}
+            {{ if (partial "GetTextFromHTML" .Params.biography) }}
               <div class="rich-text">
-                {{ partial "PrepareHTML" .Content }}
+                {{ partial "PrepareHTML" .Params.biography }}
               </div>
             {{ end }}
           </div>